PPHC vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, RCDO, SAG, FNTL, GTLY, MANO, MJH, and SECN
Should you be buying Public Policy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Policy include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Ricardo (RCDO), Science Group (SAG), Fintel (FNTL), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), and SEC Newgate (SECN). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
Public Policy vs. Its Competitors
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and Public Policy (LON:PPHC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Public Policy pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. 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. Public Policy pays out -73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Policy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
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.
Public Policy has a consensus target price of GBX 260, indicating a potential upside of 49.60%. Given Public Policy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Policy is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.
96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Public Policy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Public Policy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Public Policy'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Public Policy on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PPHC) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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