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GBX 194 +16.50 (+9.30%)
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DATA vs. AFM, ELIX, YOU, FNTL, SAG, PPHC, GTLY, RCDO, 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), Elixirr International (ELIX), YouGov (YOU), Fintel (FNTL), Science Group (SAG), Public Policy (PPHC), Gateley (GTLY), Ricardo (RCDO), Manolete Partners (MANO), and MJ Hudson Group (MJH). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.

GlobalData vs.

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

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting presently has a consensus price target of GBX 465, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. GlobalData has a consensus price target of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 54.64%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
GlobalData
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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 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. GlobalData is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting6.78% 10.64% 7.51%
GlobalData 11.96%12.99%7.91%

GlobalData received 38 more outperform votes than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alpha Financial Markets ConsultingOutperform Votes
71
75.53%
Underperform Votes
23
24.47%
GlobalDataOutperform Votes
109
66.87%
Underperform Votes
54
33.13%

In the previous week, GlobalData had 14 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Neutral
GlobalData Neutral

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
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting£233.62M0.00£15.85M£0.13N/A
GlobalData£277.36M5.63£33.17M£4.1846.36

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

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

Summary

GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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DATA vs. The Competition

MetricGlobalDataConsulting Services IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.56B£4.67B£7.21B£2.56B
Dividend Yield2.39%3.15%3.56%4.97%
P/E Ratio46.3683.0120.98132.50
Price / Sales5.63249.0681.75227,865.49
Price / Cash31.0831.8326.9028.11
Price / Book3.452.653.764.51
Net Income£33.17M£155.55M£808.20M£5.84B
7 Day Performance34.72%4.01%3.92%3.31%
1 Month Performance31.47%2.75%2.62%9.43%
1 Year Performance-8.92%-7.60%15.09%114.47%

GlobalData Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DATA
GlobalData
2.1 of 5 stars
GBX 194
+9.3%
GBX 300
+54.6%
-19.4%£1.56B£277.36M46.363,532News Coverage
AFM
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
N/AN/AGBX 465
+∞
N/A£591.19M£233.62M3,876.921,051
ELIX
Elixirr International
N/AGBX 725
+2.1%
N/A+31.3%£350.19M£91.37M20.57484Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
YOU
YouGov
2.6887 of 5 stars
GBX 282.50
+0.5%
GBX 880
+211.5%
-67.1%£330.57M£335.28M-143.971,820
FNTL
Fintel
N/AGBX 240
+0.2%
N/A-16.6%£251.96M£68.89M43.04501Positive News
SAG
Science Group
2.7815 of 5 stars
GBX 438.50
-0.3%
GBX 758
+72.9%
+6.8%£196.01M£108.81M33.11443
PPHC
Public Policy
2.9829 of 5 stars
GBX 129.50
-1.1%
GBX 260
+100.8%
+4.3%£194.62M£190.53M-8.62367
GTLY
Gateley
N/AGBX 132
+1.5%
N/A+7.9%£176.25M£176.99M17.051,068High Trading Volume
RCDO
Ricardo
N/AGBX 244
+4.3%
GBX 730
+199.2%
-46.1%£150.31M£469.99M214.872,978
MANO
Manolete Partners
N/AGBX 93
+14.8%
N/A-31.3%£37.91M£22.40M0.8729High Trading Volume
MJH
MJ Hudson Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£26.69M£47.45M-437.50232

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