Apax Global Alpha (APAX) Competitors

Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.

Is APAX or RCP more profitable?

RIT Capital Partners has a net margin of 162.20% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. RIT Capital Partners' return on equity of 4.70% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apax Global Alpha	45.55%	0.27%	2.57%
RIT Capital Partners	162.20%	4.70%	4.22%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, APAX or RCP?

RIT Capital Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. RIT Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, 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
Apax Global Alpha	£9.05M	74.86	£4.12M	£0.59	196.80
RIT Capital Partners	£103.46M	25.86	£167.81M	£115.68	16.04

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APAX or RCP?

RIT Capital Partners received 76 more outperform votes than Apax Global Alpha when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apax Global Alpha	Outperform Votes 76 67.26%	Underperform Votes 37 32.74%
RIT Capital Partners	Outperform Votes 152 67.26%	Underperform Votes 74 32.74%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of APAX or RCP?

16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.9% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor APAX or RCP?

In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha and Apax Global Alpha both had 1 articles in the media. RIT Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Apax Global Alpha's score of -0.97 indicating that RIT Capital Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apax Global Alpha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
RIT Capital Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is APAX or RCP a better dividend stock?

Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RIT Capital Partners pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, APAX or RCP?

Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RIT Capital Partners beats Apax Global Alpha on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.