APTD vs. ALFA, FBT, IMO, NCC, CER, IQG, IDOX, DOTD, ACSO, and BIG
Should you be buying Aptitude Software Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptitude Software Group include Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), IMImobile (IMO), NCC Group (NCC), Cerillion (CER), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), dotdigital Group (DOTD), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and Big Technologies (BIG). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Aptitude Software Group vs.
Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) and Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Alfa Financial Software has a net margin of 21.79% compared to Aptitude Software Group's net margin of 6.71%. Alfa Financial Software's return on equity of 51.52% beat Aptitude Software Group's return on equity.
Alfa Financial Software received 97 more outperform votes than Aptitude Software Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.67% of users gave Aptitude Software Group an outperform vote while only 63.73% of users gave Alfa Financial Software an outperform vote.
42.5% of Alfa Financial Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Aptitude Software Group shares are held by institutional investors. 58.4% of Alfa Financial Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Aptitude Software Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Aptitude Software Group has a consensus price target of GBX 470, indicating a potential upside of 63.55%. Given Aptitude Software Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aptitude Software Group is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
In the previous week, Alfa Financial Software had 2 more articles in the media than Aptitude Software Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alfa Financial Software and 1 mentions for Aptitude Software Group. Alfa Financial Software's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Aptitude Software Group's score of 0.53 indicating that Alfa Financial Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its share price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptitude Software Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alfa Financial Software has higher revenue and earnings than Aptitude Software Group. Alfa Financial Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aptitude Software Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alfa Financial Software pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Aptitude Software Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Alfa Financial Software pays out 13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aptitude Software Group pays out 59.2% 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.
Summary
Alfa Financial Software beats Aptitude Software Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:APTD) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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