PPHC vs. AFM, YOU, ELIX, FNTL, RCDO, SAG, GTLY, MANO, MJH, and SECN
Should you be buying Public Policy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Policy include Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM), YouGov (YOU), Elixirr International (ELIX), Fintel (FNTL), Ricardo (RCDO), Science Group (SAG), Gateley (GTLY), Manolete Partners (MANO), MJ Hudson Group (MJH), and SEC Newgate (SECN). These companies are all part of the "consulting services" industry.
Public Policy vs.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (LON:AFM) and Public Policy (LON:PPHC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Public Policy had 1 more articles in the media than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Public Policy and 0 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Public Policy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's score of 0.00 indicating that Public Policy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.0% of Public Policy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 55.3% of Public Policy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Public Policy's net margin of -14.84%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Public Policy's return on equity.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting currently has a consensus price target of GBX 442.50, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Public Policy has a consensus price target of GBX 250, suggesting a potential upside of 86.57%. Given Public Policy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Public Policy is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting received 67 more outperform votes than Public Policy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Public Policy an outperform vote while only 75.53% of users gave Alpha Financial Markets Consulting an outperform vote.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share. Public Policy pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. 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. Public Policy pays out -7,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Policy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has higher revenue and earnings than Public Policy. Public Policy 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.
Summary
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and Public Policy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PPHC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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