Fintel (FNTL) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer FNTL or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus target price of GBX 465, 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 Fintel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fintel	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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FNTL or AFM 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
Fintel	8.56%	5.86%	6.54%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FNTL or AFM?

65.2% of Fintel shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 41.3% of Fintel shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FNTL or AFM a better dividend stock?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FNTL or AFM?

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

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FNTL or AFM?

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
Fintel	£68.89M	3.65	£5.90M	£5.58	42.97
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	0.00	£15.85M	£0.13	N/A

Does the media favor FNTL or AFM?

In the previous week, Fintel had 5 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fintel and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Fintel's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Fintel is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fintel	Very Positive
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, FNTL or AFM?

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

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Fintel on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.