AFCG vs. SWKH, RM, MRLN, CPSS, HPP, CRESY, FRPH, TRC, FPH, and MLP
Should you be buying AFC Gamma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AFC Gamma include SWK (SWKH), Regional Management (RM), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), Consumer Portfolio Services (CPSS), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), FRP (FRPH), Tejon Ranch (TRC), Five Point (FPH), and Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP).
SWK (NASDAQ:SWKH) and AFC Gamma (NASDAQ:AFCG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
AFC Gamma has higher revenue and earnings than SWK. SWK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AFC Gamma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AFC Gamma received 5 more outperform votes than SWK when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave SWK an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave AFC Gamma an outperform vote.
In the previous week, AFC Gamma had 3 more articles in the media than SWK. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AFC Gamma and 2 mentions for SWK. SWK's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat AFC Gamma's score of -0.24 indicating that AFC Gamma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SWK has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AFC Gamma has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.3% of SWK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.5% of AFC Gamma shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of SWK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.2% of AFC Gamma 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.
SWK has a net margin of 30.19% compared to SWK's net margin of 16.27%. SWK's return on equity of 11.77% beat AFC Gamma's return on equity.
AFC Gamma has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.70%. Given SWK's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AFC Gamma is more favorable than SWK.
Summary
AFC Gamma beats SWK on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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