FNTL vs. AFM, RCDO, ELIX, SAG, GTLY, PPHC, MANO, MJH, SECN, and DRV
Should you be buying Fintel stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fintel include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Ricardo (RCDO), Elixirr International (ELIX), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Public Policy (PPHC), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), SEC Newgate (SECN), and Driver Group (DRV). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and Fintel (LON:FNTL) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Fintel has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting currently has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.50%. Given Fintel's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Fintel.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Fintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 11,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fintel pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
100.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of Fintel shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Fintel shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Fintel. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fintel, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting received 71 more outperform votes than Fintel when rated by MarketBeat users.
Fintel has a net margin of 10.94% compared to Fintel's net margin of 6.35%. Fintel's return on equity of 10.24% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting had 1 more articles in the media than Fintel. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and 0 mentions for Fintel. Fintel's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Fintel on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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