Afarak Group (AFRK) Competitors

Capital (LON:CAPD) and Afarak Group (LON:AFRK) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is CAPD or AFRK a better dividend stock?

Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Afarak Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share. Capital pays out 2,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CAPD or AFRK?

51.4% of Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of Afarak Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.9% of Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 50.0% of Afarak Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CAPD or AFRK?

Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Afarak Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital	£333.59M	0.50	£29M	£0.11	767.27
Afarak Group	£129.75M	0.00	£9.45M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CAPD or AFRK?

Capital received 75 more outperform votes than Afarak Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 81.77% of users gave Afarak Group an outperform vote while only 74.58% of users gave Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital	Outperform Votes 223 74.58%	Underperform Votes 76 25.42%
Afarak Group	Outperform Votes 148 81.77%	Underperform Votes 33 18.23%

Does the media prefer CAPD or AFRK?

In the previous week, Capital and Capital both had 1 articles in the media. Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Afarak Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Afarak Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, CAPD or AFRK?

Capital has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Afarak Group has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CAPD or AFRK more profitable?

Capital has a net margin of 8.69% compared to Afarak Group's net margin of -0.49%. Capital's return on equity of 11.50% beat Afarak Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital	8.69%	11.50%	7.53%
Afarak Group	-0.49%	0.07%	1.11%

Do analysts rate CAPD or AFRK?

Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 130, suggesting a potential upside of 54.03%. Given Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Capital is more favorable than Afarak Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Afarak Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Capital beats Afarak Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.