APTD vs. ATG, ALFA, IMO, CER, NCC, BIG, IQG, IDOX, DOTD, and ACSO
Should you be buying Aptitude Software Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aptitude Software Group include Auction Technology Group (ATG), Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), Cerillion (CER), NCC Group (NCC), Big Technologies (BIG), IQGeo Group (IQG), IDOX (IDOX), dotdigital Group (DOTD), and accesso Technology Group (ACSO). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Aptitude Software Group vs.
Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) and Aptitude Software Group (LON:APTD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Auction Technology Group has a net margin of 7.88% compared to Aptitude Software Group's net margin of 6.71%. Aptitude Software Group's return on equity of 8.21% beat Auction Technology Group's return on equity.
Auction Technology Group has higher revenue and earnings than Aptitude Software Group. Aptitude Software Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Auction Technology Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Auction Technology Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 648.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.21%. Aptitude Software Group has a consensus price target of GBX 470, indicating a potential upside of 47.34%. Given Aptitude Software Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aptitude Software Group is more favorable than Auction Technology Group.
81.4% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Auction Technology Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Aptitude Software Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aptitude Software Group received 4 more outperform votes than Auction Technology Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 86.67% of users gave Aptitude Software Group an outperform vote while only 70.97% of users gave Auction Technology Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aptitude Software Group had 1 more articles in the media than Auction Technology Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aptitude Software Group and 2 mentions for Auction Technology Group. Aptitude Software Group's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Auction Technology Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Aptitude Software Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Auction Technology Group has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aptitude Software Group has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Aptitude Software Group beats Auction Technology Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:APTD) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
