ASPS vs. NSTS, INTG, KINS, ICCH, BAFN, CLST, BOTJ, ICMB, UBOH, and HNNA
Should you be buying Altisource Portfolio Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Altisource Portfolio Solutions include NSTS Bancorp (NSTS), The InterGroup (INTG), Kingstone Companies (KINS), ICC (ICCH), BayFirst Financial (BAFN), Catalyst Bancorp (CLST), Bank of the James Financial Group (BOTJ), Investcorp Credit Management BDC (ICMB), United Bancshares (UBOH), and Hennessy Advisors (HNNA). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Altisource Portfolio Solutions (NASDAQ:ASPS) and NSTS Bancorp (NASDAQ:NSTS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Altisource Portfolio Solutions received 225 more outperform votes than NSTS Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users.
41.4% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.7% of NSTS Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Altisource Portfolio Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of NSTS Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NSTS Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Altisource Portfolio Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NSTS Bancorp and 0 mentions for Altisource Portfolio Solutions. Altisource Portfolio Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat NSTS Bancorp's score of -0.14 indicating that Altisource Portfolio Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NSTS Bancorp has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Altisource Portfolio Solutions. NSTS Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Altisource Portfolio Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NSTS Bancorp has a beta of 0.08, meaning that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Altisource Portfolio Solutions has a net margin of -36.22% compared to NSTS Bancorp's net margin of -59.99%. Altisource Portfolio Solutions' return on equity of 0.00% beat NSTS Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Altisource Portfolio Solutions beats NSTS Bancorp on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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