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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation & 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	7.09	£1.28M	-£0.02	-5,425.00
Global Ports	£193.58M	1.19	-£19.81M	£0.01	30,000.00

Does the media prefer ARTL or GPH?

In the previous week, Alpha Real Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Global Ports. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alpha Real Trust and 0 mentions for Global Ports. Alpha Real Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Global Ports' score of 0.30 indicating that Alpha Real Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Real Trust	Very Positive
Global Ports	Neutral

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ARTL or GPH?

9.3% of Global Ports shares are held by institutional investors. 87.7% of Alpha Real Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 78.0% of Global Ports shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.7%. 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 more volatility & risk, ARTL or GPH?

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