Third Point Investors (TPOU) Competitors

AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the media favor AJB or TPOU?

In the previous week, Third Point Investors had 3 more articles in the media than AJ Bell. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Third Point Investors and 0 mentions for AJ Bell. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Third Point Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Positive
Third Point Investors	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AJB or TPOU?

AJ Bell received 9 more outperform votes than Third Point Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Third Point Investors an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AJ Bell	Outperform Votes 39 42.86%	Underperform Votes 52 57.14%
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AJB or TPOU?

Third Point Investors has higher revenue and earnings than AJ Bell. Third Point Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	7.21	£81.11M	£19.55	21.89
Third Point Investors	£8.39B	0.06	£6.65B	£3.72	6.98

Which has more volatility and risk, AJB or TPOU?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Third Point Investors has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AJB or TPOU?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Third Point Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Third Point Investors shares are held 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.

Is AJB or TPOU more profitable?

Third Point Investors has a net margin of 79.27% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat Third Point Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
Third Point Investors	79.27%	16.16%	11.57%

Do analysts prefer AJB or TPOU?

AJ Bell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 455, suggesting a potential upside of 6.32%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than Third Point Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Third Point Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AJB or TPOU a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Third Point Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 311.5%. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Third Point Investors pays out 2,174.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

AJ Bell beats Third Point Investors on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.