ALFA vs. BIG, CER, NCC, LTG, ATG, DOTD, PBEE, IDOX, ACSO, and TRCS
Should you be buying Alfa Financial Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alfa Financial Software include Big Technologies (BIG), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), Learning Technologies Group (LTG), Auction Technology Group (ATG), dotdigital Group (DOTD), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) and Big Technologies (LON:BIG) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Alfa Financial Software has higher revenue and earnings than Big Technologies. Alfa Financial Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Big Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Big Technologies has a net margin of 31.84% compared to Alfa Financial Software's net margin of 23.04%. Alfa Financial Software's return on equity of 55.95% beat Big Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Big Technologies had 31 more articles in the media than Alfa Financial Software. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Big Technologies and 4 mentions for Alfa Financial Software. Big Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Alfa Financial Software's score of -0.19 indicating that Big Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alfa Financial Software received 117 more outperform votes than Big Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Big Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Alfa Financial Software an outperform vote.
33.4% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Big Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.6% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of Big Technologies 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.
Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.08, indicating that its stock price is 92% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Technologies has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Big Technologies has a consensus target price of GBX 345, indicating a potential upside of 130.00%. Given Big Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Big Technologies is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
Summary
Big Technologies beats Alfa Financial Software on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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