Alta Equipment Group (ALTG) Competitors

Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) and A-Mark Precious Metals (NASDAQ:AMRK) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ALTG or AMRK?

A-Mark Precious Metals has higher revenue and earnings than Alta Equipment Group. Alta Equipment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than A-Mark Precious Metals, 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
Alta Equipment Group	$1.86B	0.11	$8.90M	-$2.23	-2.82
A-Mark Precious Metals	$10.99B	0.05	$68.55M	$1.48	14.57

Is ALTG or AMRK a better dividend stock?

Alta Equipment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. A-Mark Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Alta Equipment Group pays out -9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. A-Mark Precious Metals pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ALTG or AMRK?

73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ALTG or AMRK more profitable?

A-Mark Precious Metals has a net margin of 0.46% compared to Alta Equipment Group's net margin of -2.81%. A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity of 9.29% beat Alta Equipment Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alta Equipment Group	-2.81%	-42.09%	-3.40%
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.46%	9.29%	3.24%

Does the media favor ALTG or AMRK?

In the previous week, Alta Equipment Group had 8 more articles in the media than A-Mark Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Alta Equipment Group and 1 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Alta Equipment Group's score of 0.98 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alta Equipment Group	Positive
A-Mark Precious Metals	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALTG or AMRK?

A-Mark Precious Metals received 189 more outperform votes than Alta Equipment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.10% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave Alta Equipment Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alta Equipment Group	Outperform Votes 27 54.00%	Underperform Votes 23 46.00%
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 216 56.10%	Underperform Votes 169 43.90%

Which has more risk & volatility, ALTG or AMRK?

Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ALTG or AMRK?

Alta Equipment Group presently has a consensus price target of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 78.86%. A-Mark Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 53.06%. Given Alta Equipment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than A-Mark Precious Metals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alta Equipment Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
A-Mark Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

A-Mark Precious Metals beats Alta Equipment Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.