OMG vs. ALFA, IMO, BIG, NCC, PBEE, IDOX, ACSO, DOTD, IQG, and TRCS
Should you be buying Oxford Metrics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oxford Metrics include Alfa Financial Software (ALFA), IMImobile (IMO), Big Technologies (BIG), NCC Group (NCC), PensionBee Group (PBEE), IDOX (IDOX), accesso Technology Group (ACSO), dotdigital Group (DOTD), IQGeo Group (IQG), and Tracsis (TRCS). These companies are all part of the "software - application" industry.
Oxford Metrics (LON:OMG) and Alfa Financial Software (LON:ALFA) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Alfa Financial Software has higher revenue and earnings than Oxford Metrics. Alfa Financial Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oxford Metrics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alfa Financial Software has a net margin of 23.04% compared to Oxford Metrics' net margin of 12.78%. Alfa Financial Software's return on equity of 55.95% beat Oxford Metrics' return on equity.
63.8% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Oxford Metrics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.2% of Alfa Financial Software shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Oxford Metrics received 42 more outperform votes than Alfa Financial Software when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Alfa Financial Software an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave Oxford Metrics an outperform vote.
Oxford Metrics has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alfa Financial Software has a beta of 0.09, suggesting that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Oxford Metrics' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alfa Financial Software'saverage media sentiment score.
Oxford Metrics pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alfa Financial Software pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Oxford Metrics pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alfa Financial Software pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Oxford Metrics presently has a consensus price target of GBX 148.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.85%. Given Oxford Metrics' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Oxford Metrics is more favorable than Alfa Financial Software.
Summary
Alfa Financial Software beats Oxford Metrics on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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