Public Policy (PPHC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFM or PPHC?

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

Does the media favor AFM or PPHC?

In the previous week, Public Policy had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Public Policy and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Public Policy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Public Policy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral
Public Policy	Positive

Is AFM or PPHC 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
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%
Public Policy	-14.83%	-25.73%	-1.69%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AFM or PPHC?

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Public Policy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Public Policy shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer AFM or PPHC?

Public Policy has a consensus price target of GBX 260, indicating a potential upside of 91.88%. Given Public Policy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Policy is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

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
Public Policy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, AFM or PPHC?

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
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A
Public Policy	£190.53M	1.07	-£28.26M	-£15.03	-9.02

Is AFM or PPHC a better dividend stock?

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 8.1%. 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.

Summary

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