RM (RM) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DFS or RM?

In the previous week, RM had 5 more articles in the media than DFS Furniture. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for RM and 0 mentions for DFS Furniture. RM's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat DFS Furniture's score of 0.00 indicating that RM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
DFS Furniture	Neutral
RM	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DFS or RM?

81.1% of DFS Furniture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.5% of RM shares are held by institutional investors. 11.7% of DFS Furniture shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of RM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DFS or RM more profitable?

DFS Furniture has a net margin of -0.45% compared to RM's net margin of -24.97%. DFS Furniture's return on equity of -1.90% beat RM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DFS Furniture	-0.45%	-1.90%	3.00%
RM	-24.97%	-311.10%	-1.51%

Which has more risk & volatility, DFS or RM?

DFS Furniture has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RM has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DFS or RM a better dividend stock?

DFS Furniture pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. RM pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. DFS Furniture pays out -214.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RM pays out -14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DFS or RM?

DFS Furniture has higher revenue and earnings than RM. DFS Furniture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RM, 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
DFS Furniture	£964.48M	0.35	-£4.30M	-£1.87	-77.64
RM	£189.50M	0.51	-£47.32M	-£55.02	-2.07

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DFS or RM?

DFS Furniture received 58 more outperform votes than RM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.67% of users gave RM an outperform vote while only 72.84% of users gave DFS Furniture an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DFS Furniture	Outperform Votes 303 72.84%	Underperform Votes 113 27.16%
RM	Outperform Votes 245 81.67%	Underperform Votes 55 18.33%

Do analysts recommend DFS or RM?

DFS Furniture currently has a consensus target price of GBX 185, indicating a potential upside of 27.59%. Given DFS Furniture's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DFS Furniture is more favorable than RM.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DFS Furniture	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
RM	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

DFS Furniture beats RM on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.