APTD vs. ALFA, GBG, FBT, ATG, IMO, CER, NCC, IQG, IDOX, and ACSO
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), GB Group (GBG), First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology UCITS ETF Class A USD Accumulation (FBT), Auction Technology Group (ATG), IMImobile (IMO), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), and accesso Technology Group (ACSO). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Aptitude Software Group vs. Its Competitors
Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) and Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
42.5% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.4% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alfa Financial Software pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Aptitude Software Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.
In the previous week, Alfa Financial Software had 1 more articles in the media than Aptitude Software Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alfa Financial Software and 0 mentions for Aptitude Software Group. Alfa Financial Software's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Aptitude Software Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Alfa Financial Software is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aptitude Software Group has a consensus target price of GBX 470, suggesting a potential upside of 41.99%. Given Aptitude Software Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aptitude Software Group is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.08, suggesting that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptitude Software Group has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
Summary
Alfa Financial Software beats Aptitude Software Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:APTD) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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