Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU) Competitors

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) and Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MTU or APAX?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, 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
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	£28.80M	5.98	£26.33M	£15.79	6.56
Apax Global Alpha	£9.05M	74.60	£4.12M	£0.59	196.12

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MTU or APAX?

78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTU or APAX?

Apax Global Alpha received 7 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Apax Global Alpha an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 69 68.32%	Underperform Votes 32 31.68%
Apax Global Alpha	Outperform Votes 76 67.26%	Underperform Votes 37 32.74%

Is MTU or APAX more profitable?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 91.45% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.16% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	91.45%	13.16%	5.77%
Apax Global Alpha	45.55%	0.27%	2.57%

Is MTU or APAX a better dividend stock?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, MTU or APAX?

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor MTU or APAX?

In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies both had 1 articles in the media. Apax Global Alpha's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Apax Global Alpha is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Apax Global Alpha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats Apax Global Alpha on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.