DATA vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, RCDO, FNTL, SAG, PPHC, 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), Science Group (SAG), Public Policy (PPHC), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), and MJ Hudson Group (MJH). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
GlobalData vs. Its Competitors
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and GlobalData (LON:DATA) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, GlobalData had 9 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GlobalData has a consensus price target of GBX 227.50, indicating a potential upside of 55.82%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.
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.
96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of GlobalData shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.7% of GlobalData shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 125.0% 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.
Get GlobalData News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for DATA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
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.
GlobalData Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:DATA) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
