AFM vs. FNTL, RCDO, ELIX, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, DATA, CGEO, MRL, and OCN
Should you be buying Alpha Financial Markets Consulting stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting include Fintel (FNTL), Ricardo (RCDO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), GlobalData (DATA), Georgia Capital (CGEO), Marlowe (MRL), and Ocean Wilsons (OCN). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
Fintel (LON:FNTL) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Fintel had 7 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fintel and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Fintel's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of -0.10 indicating that Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Fintel has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting received 71 more outperform votes than Fintel when rated by MarketBeat users.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Fintel. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
53.2% of Fintel shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 103.1% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.6% of Fintel shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus price target of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.91%. Given Fintel's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Fintel.
Fintel has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Fintel's net margin of 6.35%. Fintel's return on equity of 10.24% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.
Fintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Fintel 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. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 11,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Fintel on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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