Gateley (GTLY) Competitors

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

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%

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

96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of Gateley shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.8% of Gateley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AFM or GTLY?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting presently has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential downside of 12.20%. Given Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

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%

Does the media refer more to AFM or GTLY?

In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting had 2 more articles in the media than Gateley. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and 2 mentions for Gateley. Gateley's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.10 indicating that Gateley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gateley	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, AFM or GTLY?

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

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 7.7%. 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. 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.

Which has stronger 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	0.98	£10.07M	£0.08	1,625.00

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Gateley on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.