DATA vs. AFM, GFTU, RHIM, SRP, TPK, BBY, QQ, HAS, HILS, and PAGE
Should you be buying GlobalData stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GlobalData include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), Grafton Group (GFTU), RHI Magnesita (RHIM), Serco Group (SRP), Travis Perkins (TPK), Balfour Beatty (BBY), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Hays (HAS), Hill & Smith (HILS), and PageGroup (PAGE). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. GlobalData pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 11,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus price target of GBX 442.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.72%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than GlobalData.
GlobalData has a net margin of 11.28% compared to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's net margin of 6.35%. GlobalData's return on equity of 58.06% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.
21.5% of GlobalData shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 103.1% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 67.1% of GlobalData shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
GlobalData received 36 more outperform votes than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote while only 66.46% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.
In the previous week, GlobalData had 7 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GlobalData has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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