Public Policy (PPHC) Competitors

Public Policy (LON:PPHC) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor PPHC or AFM?

In the previous week, Public Policy had 3 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Public Policy and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Public Policy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Public Policy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Public Policy	Positive
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PPHC or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting received 66 more outperform votes than Public Policy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Public Policy an outperform vote while only 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Policy	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%

Is PPHC or AFM more profitable?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Public Policy's net margin of -14.83%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Public Policy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Policy	-14.83%	-25.73%	-1.69%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PPHC or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Public Policy. Public Policy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, 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
Public Policy	£190.53M	1.02	-£28.26M	-£15.03	-8.62
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PPHC or AFM?

8.0% of Public Policy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 55.3% of Public Policy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PPHC or AFM a better dividend stock?

Public Policy pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Public Policy pays out -73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Public Policy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend PPHC or AFM?

Public Policy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 260, suggesting a potential upside of 100.77%. Given Public Policy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Public Policy is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Policy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Public Policy and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.