GlobalData (DATA) 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in DATA or AFM?

23.8% of GlobalData shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 66.5% of GlobalData shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DATA or AFM?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GlobalData	Outperform Votes 109 66.87%	Underperform Votes 54 33.13%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DATA or AFM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GlobalData	£276.80M	5.18	£33.10M	£0.04	4,537.50
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A

Is DATA or AFM more profitable?

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 13.25% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GlobalData	11.96%	13.25%	7.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Does the media prefer DATA or AFM?

In the previous week, GlobalData had 13 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.29 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

Is DATA or AFM a better dividend stock?

GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. GlobalData pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Do analysts recommend DATA or AFM?

GlobalData currently has a consensus target price of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 65.29%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, DATA or AFM?

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

Summary

GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.