Alpha Growth (ALGW) Competitors

Alpha Growth (LON:ALGW) and KRM22 (LON:KRM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALGW or KRM?

Alpha Growth received 10 more outperform votes than KRM22 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Alpha Growth an outperform vote while only 47.83% of users gave KRM22 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Growth	Outperform Votes 21 75.00%	Underperform Votes 7 25.00%
KRM22	Outperform Votes 11 47.83%	Underperform Votes 12 52.17%

Is ALGW or KRM more profitable?

Alpha Growth has a net margin of -38.47% compared to KRM22's net margin of -82.68%. KRM22's return on equity of 215.08% beat Alpha Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Growth	-38.47%	-27.36%	-0.18%
KRM22	-82.68%	215.08%	-24.65%

Does the media prefer ALGW or KRM?

In the previous week, Alpha Growth had 2 more articles in the media than KRM22. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alpha Growth and 0 mentions for KRM22. Alpha Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat KRM22's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Growth	Positive
KRM22	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ALGW or KRM?

Alpha Growth has higher revenue and earnings than KRM22. KRM22 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Growth, 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
Alpha Growth	£4.16M	0.59	-£1.60M	-£0.32	-1.59
KRM22	£3.07M	3.09	-£2.54M	-£6.36	-3.93

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ALGW or KRM?

5.2% of Alpha Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of KRM22 shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.6% of Alpha Growth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of KRM22 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, ALGW or KRM?

Alpha Growth has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KRM22 has a beta of -0.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alpha Growth beats KRM22 on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.