Ricardo (RCDO) Competitors

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

Is RCDO or AFM a better dividend stock?

Ricardo pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ricardo pays out 130,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.

Which has better valuation and earnings, RCDO or AFM?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ricardo. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ricardo, 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
Ricardo	£474.70M	0.57	-£12.20M	£0.01	43,200.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	£233.62M	2.53	£15.85M	£0.13	3,876.92

Which has more risk & volatility, RCDO or AFM?

Ricardo has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend RCDO or AFM?

Ricardo presently has a consensus target price of GBX 730, indicating a potential upside of 68.98%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a consensus target price of GBX 442.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.20%. Given Ricardo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ricardo is more favorable than Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ricardo	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is RCDO or AFM more profitable?

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting has a net margin of 6.78% compared to Ricardo's net margin of 0.15%. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's return on equity of 10.64% beat Ricardo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ricardo	0.15%	0.47%	4.91%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	6.78%	10.64%	7.51%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in RCDO or AFM?

82.3% of Ricardo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Ricardo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Alpha Financial Markets Consulting shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor RCDO or AFM?

In the previous week, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting had 4 more articles in the media than Ricardo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alpha Financial Markets Consulting and 0 mentions for Ricardo. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Ricardo's score of 0.00 indicating that Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ricardo	Neutral
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RCDO or AFM?

Ricardo received 188 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 69.07% of users gave Ricardo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ricardo	Outperform Votes 259 69.07%	Underperform Votes 116 30.93%
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting	Outperform Votes 71 75.53%	Underperform Votes 23 24.47%

Summary

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting beats Ricardo on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.