Africa Opportunity (AOF) Competitors

Africa Opportunity (LON:AOF) and Origo Partners (LON:OPP) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is AOF or OPP more profitable?

Origo Partners has a net margin of 61.25% compared to Africa Opportunity's net margin of 0.00%. Origo Partners' return on equity of 39.30% beat Africa Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Africa Opportunity	N/A	-11.63%	-1.69%
Origo Partners	61.25%	39.30%	22.25%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AOF or OPP?

1.3% of Africa Opportunity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Origo Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 74.4% of Africa Opportunity shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.5% of Origo Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AOF or OPP?

In the previous week, Africa Opportunity's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Origo Partners'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Africa Opportunity	Neutral
Origo Partners	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AOF or OPP?

Origo Partners has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Africa Opportunity. Origo Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Africa Opportunity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Africa Opportunity	£4.30M	0.02	-£1.69M	£0.34	1.99
Origo Partners	£1.87M	0.00	£1.15M	-£0.30	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, AOF or OPP?

Africa Opportunity has a beta of -0.05, meaning that its share price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Origo Partners has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Origo Partners beats Africa Opportunity on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.