Gateley (GTLY) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Gateley. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gateley, 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
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A
Gateley	£179.50M	0.86	£10.34M	£1.02	112.71

Which has more volatility and risk, AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gateley has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is AFM or GTLY a better dividend stock?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. 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. Gateley pays out 931.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gateley is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer AFM or GTLY?

In the previous week, Gateley had 2 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gateley and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Gateley's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Gateley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral
Gateley	Positive

Is AFM or GTLY more profitable?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Gateley's net margin of 5.84%. Gateley's return on equity of 12.31% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%
Gateley	5.84%	12.31%	8.12%

Do analysts rate AFM or GTLY?

Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Gateley.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gateley	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AFM or GTLY?

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.5% of Gateley shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Gateley shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and Gateley tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.