Alset (AEI) Competitors

Alset (NASDAQ:AEI) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) are both small-cap real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AEI or FTHM?

Alset has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fathom. Alset is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fathom, 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
Alset	$21.12M	0.79	-$3.97M	-$0.47	-3.04
Fathom	$335.18M	0.13	-$21.58M	-$1.00	-1.59

Is AEI or FTHM more profitable?

Fathom has a net margin of -5.94% compared to Alset's net margin of -33.80%. Alset's return on equity of -6.11% beat Fathom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alset	-33.80%	-6.11%	-5.73%
Fathom	-5.94%	-45.16%	-26.78%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AEI or FTHM?

2.7% of Alset shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Fathom shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.1% of Alset shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Fathom 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 media prefer AEI or FTHM?

In the previous week, Fathom had 4 more articles in the media than Alset. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fathom and 1 mentions for Alset. Alset's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Fathom's score of -0.07 indicating that Alset is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alset	Very Positive
Fathom	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AEI or FTHM?

Fathom has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.23%. Given Fathom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fathom is more favorable than Alset.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alset	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fathom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, AEI or FTHM?

Alset has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fathom has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fathom beats Alset on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.