RM (RM) Competitors

McBride (LON:MCB) and RM (LON:RM) are both small-cap consumer defensive companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, MCB or RM?

McBride has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RM has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MCB or RM more profitable?

McBride has a net margin of 3.56% compared to RM's net margin of -23.59%. McBride's return on equity of 66.27% beat RM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McBride	3.56%	66.27%	8.54%
RM	-23.59%	-130.64%	-1.51%

Is MCB or RM a better dividend stock?

McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. RM pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. McBride pays out 526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RM pays out -1,379.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MCB or RM?

72.7% of McBride shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of RM shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of McBride shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of RM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MCB or RM?

McBride has higher revenue and earnings than RM. RM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McBride, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
McBride	£934.80M	0.19	£33.30M	£0.19	530.42
RM	£186.77M	0.34	-£47.98M	-£0.58	-132.76

Does the media refer more to MCB or RM?

In the previous week, McBride had 17 more articles in the media than RM. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for McBride and 4 mentions for RM. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat RM's score of 0.01 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
McBride	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RM	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MCB or RM?

McBride received 225 more outperform votes than RM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.67% of users gave RM an outperform vote while only 77.18% of users gave McBride an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McBride	Outperform Votes 470 77.18%	Underperform Votes 139 22.82%
RM	Outperform Votes 245 81.67%	Underperform Votes 55 18.33%

Summary

McBride beats RM on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.