AFN vs. SHRE, CAV, AGFX, FCAP, JIM, CNKS, TAVI, FKE, WHI, and QBT
Should you be buying ADVFN stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ADVFN include Share Plc (SHRE.L) (SHRE), Cavendish Financial (CAV), Argentex Group (AGFX), Cavendish Financial (FCAP), Jarvis Securities (JIM), Cenkos Securities (CNKS), Tavistock Investments (TAVI), Fiske (FKE), WH Ireland Group (WHI), and Quantum Blockchain Technologies (QBT). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
Share Plc (SHRE.L) (LON:SHRE) and ADVFN (LON:AFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Share Plc (SHRE.L) has higher revenue and earnings than ADVFN. ADVFN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Share Plc (SHRE.L), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Share Plc (SHRE.L) received 60 more outperform votes than ADVFN when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.67% of users gave ADVFN an outperform vote while only 64.29% of users gave Share Plc (SHRE.L) an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Share Plc (SHRE.L) had 1 more articles in the media than ADVFN. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Share Plc (SHRE.L) and 0 mentions for ADVFN. ADVFN's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Share Plc (SHRE.L)'s score of -0.25 indicating that ADVFN is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
1.0% of ADVFN shares are held by institutional investors. 53.0% of ADVFN shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Share Plc (SHRE.L) pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ADVFN pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Share Plc (SHRE.L) pays out -1,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ADVFN pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ADVFN is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Share Plc (SHRE.L) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ADVFN's net margin of -44.42%. Share Plc (SHRE.L)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat ADVFN's return on equity.
Summary
ADVFN beats Share Plc (SHRE.L) on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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