Artemis Alpha Trust (ATS) Competitors

Artemis Alpha Trust (LON:ATS) and Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW) 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 risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ATS or MTW?

Artemis Alpha Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mattioli Woods. Mattioli Woods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artemis Alpha Trust, 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
Artemis Alpha Trust	£20.39M	5.92	£17.68M	£0.54	683.33
Mattioli Woods	£115.40M	0.00	£9.91M	£0.19	N/A

Is ATS or MTW more profitable?

Artemis Alpha Trust has a net margin of 86.71% compared to Mattioli Woods' net margin of 8.59%. Artemis Alpha Trust's return on equity of 13.86% beat Mattioli Woods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Artemis Alpha Trust	86.71%	13.86%	8.95%
Mattioli Woods	8.59%	4.38%	4.42%

Is ATS or MTW a better dividend stock?

Artemis Alpha Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Mattioli Woods pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share. Artemis Alpha Trust pays out 1,296.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mattioli Woods pays out 14,210.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Artemis Alpha Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to ATS or MTW?

In the previous week, Artemis Alpha Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mattioli Woods'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Artemis Alpha Trust	Neutral
Mattioli Woods	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ATS or MTW?

Artemis Alpha Trust has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mattioli Woods has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATS or MTW?

Mattioli Woods received 163 more outperform votes than Artemis Alpha Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Mattioli Woods an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Artemis Alpha Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Artemis Alpha Trust	Outperform Votes 67 58.77%	Underperform Votes 47 41.23%
Mattioli Woods	Outperform Votes 230 65.16%	Underperform Votes 123 34.84%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ATS or MTW?

22.2% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.0% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Mattioli Woods shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ATS or MTW?

Mattioli Woods has a consensus price target of GBX 872.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Mattioli Woods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Mattioli Woods is more favorable than Artemis Alpha Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Artemis Alpha Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Mattioli Woods	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Artemis Alpha Trust beats Mattioli Woods on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.