Gateley (GTLY) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AFM or GTLY?

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Gateley shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of Gateley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Gateley. Gateley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, 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	2.53	£15.85M	£0.13	3,876.92
Gateley	£172.49M	1.00	£10.07M	£0.08	1,652.50

Which has more risk & volatility, AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gateley has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is AFM or GTLY more profitable?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Gateley's net margin of 5.84%. Gateley's return on equity of 12.72% beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%
Gateley	5.84%	12.72%	8.12%

Do analysts prefer AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting presently has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.20%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is more favorable than Gateley.

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
Gateley	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AFM or GTLY?

Gateley received 65 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 61.82% of users gave Gateley an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%
Gateley	Outperform Votes 136 61.82%	Underperform Votes 84 38.18%

Does the media prefer AFM or GTLY?

In the previous week, Gateley had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gateley and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Gateley'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral
Gateley	Neutral

Is AFM or GTLY a better dividend stock?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Gateley pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. 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. Gateley pays out 12,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Gateley on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.