TMT Investments (TMT) Competitors

Mineral & Financial Investments (LON:MAFL) and TMT Investments (LON:TMT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has better earnings and valuation, MAFL or TMT?

TMT Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Mineral & Financial Investments. TMT Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mineral & Financial Investments, 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
Mineral & Financial Investments	£2.28M	1.77	£1.44M	£0.04	272.50
TMT Investments	£10.44M	0.10	£9.41M	£0.30	10.80

Does the media favor MAFL or TMT?

In the previous week, Mineral & Financial Investments had 1 more articles in the media than TMT Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mineral & Financial Investments and 1 mentions for TMT Investments. Mineral & Financial Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat TMT Investments' score of 0.49 indicating that Mineral & Financial Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Mineral & Financial Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TMT Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MAFL or TMT?

Mineral & Financial Investments received 82 more outperform votes than TMT Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.01% of users gave Mineral & Financial Investments an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave TMT Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mineral & Financial Investments	Outperform Votes 111 62.01%	Underperform Votes 68 37.99%
TMT Investments	Outperform Votes 29 60.42%	Underperform Votes 19 39.58%

Is MAFL or TMT more profitable?

TMT Investments has a net margin of 90.18% compared to Mineral & Financial Investments' net margin of 62.87%. Mineral & Financial Investments' return on equity of 15.75% beat TMT Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mineral & Financial Investments	62.87%	15.75%	11.52%
TMT Investments	90.18%	4.63%	2.77%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MAFL or TMT?

7.4% of TMT Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 44.7% of Mineral & Financial Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 83.5% of TMT Investments shares are held 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, MAFL or TMT?

Mineral & Financial Investments has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TMT Investments has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Mineral & Financial Investments beats TMT Investments on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.