Elixirr International (ELIX) Competitors

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

Is ELIX or AFM a better dividend stock?

Elixirr International pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Elixirr International pays out 4,166.7% 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. Elixirr International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELIX or AFM?

25.6% of Elixirr International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 51.8% of Elixirr International 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ELIX or AFM?

Elixirr International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elixirr International, 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
Elixirr International	£97.37M	3.47	£18.41M	£0.36	2,000.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A

Do analysts rate ELIX or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Elixirr International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elixirr International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is ELIX or AFM more profitable?

Elixirr International has a net margin of 18.91% compared to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's net margin of 6.78%. Elixirr International's return on equity of 16.40% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elixirr International	18.91%	16.40%	9.88%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ELIX or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting received 71 more outperform votes than Elixirr International when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elixirr International	N/A	N/A
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%

Does the media favor ELIX or AFM?

In the previous week, Elixirr International had 2 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Elixirr International and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Elixirr International's score of -0.47 indicating that Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Elixirr International	Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ELIX or AFM?

Elixirr International has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Elixirr International and Alpha Financial Markets Consulting tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.