Fathom (FTHM) Competitors

AMREP (NYSE:AXR) and Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, AXR or FTHM?

AMREP has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fathom has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its share price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AXR or FTHM more profitable?

AMREP has a net margin of 15.64% compared to Fathom's net margin of -7.49%. AMREP's return on equity of 8.05% beat Fathom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AMREP	15.64%	8.05%	7.73%
Fathom	-7.49%	-45.86%	-29.85%

Do analysts rate AXR or FTHM?

Fathom has a consensus price target of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 129.73%. Given Fathom's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fathom is more favorable than AMREP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AMREP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Fathom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, AXR or FTHM?

AMREP has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fathom. Fathom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMREP, 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
AMREP	$51.37M	3.43	$6.69M	$1.76	18.92
Fathom	$345.23M	0.12	-$23.98M	-$1.28	-1.45

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AXR or FTHM?

AMREP received 96 more outperform votes than Fathom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.85% of users gave Fathom an outperform vote while only 59.71% of users gave AMREP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AMREP	Outperform Votes 123 59.71%	Underperform Votes 83 40.29%
Fathom	Outperform Votes 27 65.85%	Underperform Votes 14 34.15%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AXR or FTHM?

59.9% of AMREP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Fathom shares are held by institutional investors. 37.6% of AMREP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.7% of Fathom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AXR or FTHM?

In the previous week, Fathom had 10 more articles in the media than AMREP. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fathom and 3 mentions for AMREP. AMREP's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Fathom's score of 0.31 indicating that AMREP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AMREP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fathom	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AMREP beats Fathom on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.