Alpha Real Trust (ARTL) Competitors

Alpha Real Trust (LON:ARTL) and Global Ports (LON:GPH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend ARTL or GPH?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alpha Real Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Global Ports	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARTL or GPH?

Global Ports received 35 more outperform votes than Alpha Real Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.67% of users gave Alpha Real Trust an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Global Ports an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Real Trust	Outperform Votes 125 72.67%	Underperform Votes 47 27.33%
Global Ports	Outperform Votes 160 62.50%	Underperform Votes 96 37.50%

Is ARTL or GPH more profitable?

Global Ports has a net margin of 0.46% compared to Alpha Real Trust's net margin of -10.07%. Global Ports' return on equity of 34.36% beat Alpha Real Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Real Trust	-10.07%	-0.75%	1.74%
Global Ports	0.46%	34.36%	3.88%

Is ARTL or GPH a better dividend stock?

Alpha Real Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Global Ports pays an annual dividend of GBX 37 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Alpha Real Trust pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Ports pays out 370,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ARTL or GPH?

Alpha Real Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Ports. Alpha Real Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Ports, 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 Real Trust	£9.23M	7.41	£1.28M	-£0.02	-5,675.00
Global Ports	£193.58M	1.19	-£19.81M	£0.01	30,000.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARTL or GPH?

9.3% of Global Ports shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.7% of Alpha Real Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Global Ports shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer ARTL or GPH?

In the previous week, Alpha Real Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alpha Real Trust and 1 mentions for Global Ports. Alpha Real Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Global Ports' score of 0.56 indicating that Alpha Real Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Real Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Ports	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ARTL or GPH?

Alpha Real Trust has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Ports has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Ports beats Alpha Real Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.