ADVFN (AFN) Competitors

ADVFN (LON:AFN) and Jarvis Securities (LON:JIM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AFN or JIM?

1.0% of ADVFN shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 53.0% of ADVFN shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AFN or JIM?

Jarvis Securities received 56 more outperform votes than ADVFN when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.90% of users gave Jarvis Securities an outperform vote while only 68.67% of users gave ADVFN an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ADVFN	Outperform Votes 57 68.67%	Underperform Votes 26 31.33%
Jarvis Securities	Outperform Votes 113 68.90%	Underperform Votes 51 31.10%

Is AFN or JIM a better dividend stock?

ADVFN pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Jarvis Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.5%. ADVFN pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jarvis Securities pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ADVFN is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, AFN or JIM?

ADVFN has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jarvis Securities has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AFN or JIM more profitable?

Jarvis Securities has a net margin of 25.39% compared to ADVFN's net margin of -44.42%. Jarvis Securities' return on equity of 58.36% beat ADVFN's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ADVFN	-44.42%	-63.90%	-10.02%
Jarvis Securities	25.39%	58.36%	32.97%

Does the media refer more to AFN or JIM?

In the previous week, ADVFN's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Jarvis Securities'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ADVFN	Neutral
Jarvis Securities	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AFN or JIM?

Jarvis Securities has higher revenue and earnings than ADVFN. ADVFN is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jarvis Securities, 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
ADVFN	£4.68M	1.19	-£1.76M	-£0.04	-300.50
Jarvis Securities	£12.20M	1.77	£3.10M	£0.07	689.36

Summary

Jarvis Securities beats ADVFN on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.