RM (RM) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, RM or MCB?

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

Does the media favor RM or MCB?

In the previous week, McBride had 5 more articles in the media than RM. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for McBride and 3 mentions for RM. McBride's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat RM's score of 0.25 indicating that McBride is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RM or MCB?

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
RM	£186.77M	0.46	-£47.98M	-£0.58	-177.59
McBride	£934.80M	0.20	£33.30M	£0.19	576.32

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RM or MCB?

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

Is RM or MCB 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
RM	-23.59%	-130.64%	-1.51%
McBride	3.56%	66.27%	8.54%

Is RM or MCB a better dividend stock?

RM pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. McBride pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. RM pays out -1,379.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RM or MCB?

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

Summary

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