RTC Group (RTC) Competitors

RTC Group (LON:RTC) and Inspired (LON:INSE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, RTC or INSE?

RTC Group has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Inspired has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in RTC or INSE?

10.1% of RTC Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.3% of Inspired shares are held by institutional investors. 58.8% of RTC Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.3% of Inspired shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RTC or INSE a better dividend stock?

RTC Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Inspired pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. RTC Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Inspired pays out 30,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RTC or INSE?

Inspired received 127 more outperform votes than RTC Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.22% of users gave RTC Group an outperform vote while only 64.95% of users gave Inspired an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RTC Group	Outperform Votes 75 65.22%	Underperform Votes 40 34.78%
Inspired	Outperform Votes 202 64.95%	Underperform Votes 109 35.05%

Does the media prefer RTC or INSE?

In the previous week, RTC Group and RTC Group both had 1 articles in the media. RTC Group's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Inspired's score of 0.34 indicating that RTC Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RTC Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Inspired	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is RTC or INSE more profitable?

RTC Group has a net margin of 1.93% compared to Inspired's net margin of 1.12%. RTC Group's return on equity of 25.23% beat Inspired's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RTC Group	1.93%	25.23%	8.70%
Inspired	1.12%	1.72%	8.75%

Which has better valuation & earnings, RTC or INSE?

RTC Group has higher revenue and earnings than Inspired. RTC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Inspired, 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
RTC Group	£102.26M	0.14	£1.98M	£0.14	678.93
Inspired	£99.15M	0.44	£1.11M	£0.01	4,120.00

Summary

RTC Group beats Inspired on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.