GlobalData (DATA) Competitors

GlobalData (LON:DATA) and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Does the media refer more to DATA or AFM?

In the previous week, GlobalData had 14 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for GlobalData and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. GlobalData's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that GlobalData is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GlobalData	Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, DATA or AFM?

GlobalData has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DATA or AFM a better dividend stock?

GlobalData pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. GlobalData pays out 119.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays out 10,769.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GlobalData is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate DATA or AFM?

GlobalData presently has a consensus price target of GBX 300, suggesting a potential upside of 99.34%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus price target of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given GlobalData's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GlobalData is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GlobalData	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DATA or AFM?

GlobalData received 38 more outperform votes than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave GlobalData an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GlobalData	Outperform Votes 109 66.87%	Underperform Votes 54 33.13%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DATA or AFM?

GlobalData has higher revenue and earnings than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GlobalData, 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
GlobalData	£277.36M	4.37	£33.17M	£4.18	35.96
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DATA or AFM?

23.8% of GlobalData shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 66.5% of GlobalData shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DATA or AFM more profitable?

GlobalData has a net margin of 11.96% compared to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's net margin of 6.78%. GlobalData's return on equity of 12.99% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GlobalData	11.96%	12.99%	7.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Summary

GlobalData beats Alpha Financial Markets Consulting on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.