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GlobalData (DATA) Competitors

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GBX 142 -2.00 (-1.39%)
As of 07/4/2025

DATA vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, PPHC, SAG, GTLY, MANO, and MJH

Should you be buying GlobalData stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GlobalData include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Fintel (FNTL), Public Policy (PPHC), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), and MJ Hudson Group (MJH). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

GlobalData vs. Its Competitors

GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

GlobalData has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GlobalData£277.36M4.12£33.17M£4.1833.93
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting£233.62M0.00£15.85M£0.13N/A

In the previous week, GlobalData had 5 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GlobalData Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Neutral

GlobalData currently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 111.27%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GlobalData
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

GlobalData has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's net margin of 6.78%. GlobalData's return on equity of 12.99% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GlobalData11.96% 12.99% 7.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting 6.78%10.64%7.51%

GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

23.8% of GlobalData shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.5% of GlobalData shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. GlobalData pays out 119.5% 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 10,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GlobalData is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DATA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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DATA vs. The Competition

MetricGlobalDataConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.14B£4.70B£7.58B£2.96B
Dividend Yield2.39%3.15%4.53%5.02%
P/E Ratio33.93102.3225.01147.88
Price / Sales4.12244.25120.80258,917.23
Price / Cash31.0831.8327.4427.97
Price / Book2.522.774.364.61
Net Income£33.17M£155.55M£791.63M£5.90B
7 Day Performance-5.96%-0.03%2.17%1.04%
1 Month Performance-17.44%2.53%5.03%4.36%
1 Year Performance-34.26%-0.52%31.99%82.36%

GlobalData Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DATA
GlobalData
2.241 of 5 stars
GBX 142
-1.4%
GBX 300
+111.3%
-34.3%£1.14B£277.36M33.933,532
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AN/AN/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
YOU
YouGov
2.9417 of 5 stars
GBX 390.50
+4.1%
GBX 760
+94.6%
-16.2%£456.94M£335.28M-199.011,820
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 720
+6.5%
N/A+28.5%£347.78M£91.37M20.43484Dividend Cut
Gap Down
RCDO
Ricardo
2.394 of 5 stars
GBX 445
+0.5%
GBX 730
+64.0%
-12.9%£274.13M£469.99M391.872,978
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 254
+1.6%
N/A-20.6%£266.66M£68.89M45.55501Positive News
PPHC
Public Policy
N/AGBX 158.20
-0.2%
GBX 260
+64.3%
+16.6%£237.75M£190.53M-10.53367
SAG
Science Group
3.2586 of 5 stars
GBX 523.25
+0.1%
GBX 758
+44.9%
+25.1%£233.89M£108.81M39.50443
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 132.17
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%£176.47M£176.99M17.071,068News Coverage
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 88
flat
N/A-37.1%£35.87M£22.40M0.8329High Trading Volume
MJH
MJ Hudson Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.69M£47.45M-437.50232

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