FTHM vs. RMAX, OPAD, DOUG, LRHC, MDJH, OMH, BEKE, JLL, VAC, and NMRK
Should you be buying Fathom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fathom include RE/MAX (RMAX), Offerpad Solutions (OPAD), Douglas Elliman (DOUG), La Rosa (LRHC), MDJM (MDJH), Ohmyhome (OMH), KE (BEKE), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), and Newmark Group (NMRK). These companies are all part of the "real estate agents & managers" industry.
RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Fathom has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fathom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RE/MAX received 264 more outperform votes than Fathom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Fathom an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote.
93.2% of RE/MAX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Fathom shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Fathom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
RE/MAX presently has a consensus target price of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 43.39%. Fathom has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 132.24%. Given RE/MAX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fathom is more favorable than RE/MAX.
RE/MAX has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fathom has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fathom had 2 more articles in the media than RE/MAX. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Fathom and 5 mentions for RE/MAX. Fathom's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat RE/MAX's score of 0.50 indicating that RE/MAX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fathom has a net margin of -7.16% compared to Fathom's net margin of -22.51%. RE/MAX's return on equity of -43.82% beat Fathom's return on equity.
Summary
Fathom beats RE/MAX on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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