OMG vs. ALFA, IMO, BIG, NCC, PBEE, IDOX, IQG, DOTD, ACSO, and TRCS
Should you be buying Oxford Metrics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Metrics include Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), Big Technologies (BIG), NCC Group (NCC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), IQGeo Group (IQG), dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) and Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
Alfa Financial Software has a net margin of 23.04% compared to Alfa Financial Software's net margin of 12.78%. Oxford Metrics' return on equity of 55.95% beat Alfa Financial Software's return on equity.
Alfa Financial Software has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Metrics. Alfa Financial Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Metrics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its stock price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oxford Metrics has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oxford Metrics received 42 more outperform votes than Alfa Financial Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Alfa Financial Software an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave Oxford Metrics an outperform vote.
Oxford Metrics has a consensus target price of GBX 147.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.53%. Given Alfa Financial Software's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oxford Metrics is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
In the previous week, Alfa Financial Software had 3 more articles in the media than Oxford Metrics. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alfa Financial Software and 0 mentions for Oxford Metrics. Oxford Metrics' average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Alfa Financial Software's score of 0.00 indicating that Alfa Financial Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alfa Financial Software pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Oxford Metrics pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alfa Financial Software pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Oxford Metrics pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
36.3% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by institutional investors. 64.2% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Alfa Financial Software beats Oxford Metrics on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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