Fintel (FNTL) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AFM or FNTL?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting presently 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 probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Fintel.

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

Does the media favor AFM or FNTL?

In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fintel'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral
Fintel	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AFM or FNTL?

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Fintel shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Fintel shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AFM or FNTL?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Fintel. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fintel, 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 Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A
Fintel	£68.89M	3.63	£5.90M	£5.58	42.68

Which has more risk and volatility, AFM or FNTL?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fintel has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AFM or FNTL?

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

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

Is AFM or FNTL a better dividend stock?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Fintel pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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. Fintel pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fintel is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AFM or FNTL more profitable?

Fintel has a net margin of 8.56% compared to Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's net margin of 6.78%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Fintel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%
Fintel	8.56%	5.86%	6.54%

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Fintel on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.