KLSO vs. ALGW, KRM, WCW, ADA, TV2H, BPCR, NBDG, WINV, TFG, and PEY
Should you be buying Kelso Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kelso Group include Alpha Growth (ALGW), KRM22 (KRM), Walker Crips Group (WCW), Adams (ADA), Thames Ventures VCT 2 Healthcare Shs (TV2H), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), NB Distressed Debt New Glb (NBDG), Worsley Investors (WINV), Tetragon Financial (TFG), and Princess Private Equity (PEY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Kelso Group (LON:KLSO) and Alpha Growth (LON:ALGW) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Alpha Growth has higher revenue and earnings than Kelso Group.
Alpha Growth has a net margin of 70.62% compared to Kelso Group's net margin of 59.53%. Alpha Growth's return on equity of 68.56% beat Kelso Group's return on equity.
5.8% of Kelso Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 59.9% of Kelso Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of Alpha Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Growth received 21 more outperform votes than Kelso Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, Alpha Growth had 3 more articles in the media than Kelso Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Alpha Growth and 0 mentions for Kelso Group. Alpha Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Kelso Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kelso Group has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Growth has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alpha Growth beats Kelso Group on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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