DATA vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, FNTL, SAG, RCDO, 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), Fintel (FNTL), Science Group (SAG), Ricardo (RCDO), 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
GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability 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.
GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
GlobalData currently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, indicating a potential upside of 105.48%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.
In the previous week, GlobalData had 18 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments 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 3.4%. 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.
GlobalData received 39 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 67.07% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.
Summary
GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:DATA) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
