Safeguard Scientifics (SFES) Competitors $0.88 +0.03 (+3.48%) As of 03:42 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsEarningsSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock SFES vs. ALCY, BRRR, TBMC, ISPO, FORL, FRLA, TOP, GDST, WINV, and NRTShould you be buying Safeguard Scientifics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Safeguard Scientifics include Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 (ALCY), Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (BRRR), Trailblazer Merger Co. I (TBMC), Inspirato (ISPO), Four Leaf Acquisition (FORL), Fortune Rise Acquisition (FRLA), TOP Financial Group (TOP), Goldenstone Acquisition (GDST), WinVest Acquisition (WINV), and North European Oil Royalty Trust (NRT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry. Safeguard Scientifics vs. Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund Trailblazer Merger Co. I Inspirato Four Leaf Acquisition Fortune Rise Acquisition TOP Financial Group Goldenstone Acquisition WinVest Acquisition North European Oil Royalty Trust Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 (NASDAQ:ALCY) and Safeguard Scientifics (NASDAQ:SFES) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings. Is ALCY or SFES more profitable? Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1's return on equity of 0.00% beat Safeguard Scientifics' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1N/A N/A N/A Safeguard Scientifics N/A -53.75%-48.03% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALCY or SFES? Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 and Safeguard Scientifics both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1N/AN/ASafeguard ScientificsN/AN/A Which has more volatility and risk, ALCY or SFES? Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safeguard Scientifics has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ALCY or SFES? 92.5% of Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.9% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.8% of Safeguard Scientifics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has higher valuation & earnings, ALCY or SFES? CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAlchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/ASafeguard ScientificsN/AN/A-$9.83M-$0.56-1.57 Does the media favor ALCY or SFES? In the previous week, Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 had 1 more articles in the media than Safeguard Scientifics. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 and 0 mentions for Safeguard Scientifics. Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Safeguard Scientifics' score of 0.00 indicating that Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Alchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 Positive Safeguard Scientifics Neutral SummaryAlchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1 beats Safeguard Scientifics on 5 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Safeguard Scientifics News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SFES and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.Skip Chart SFES vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricSafeguard ScientificsInvestors IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$14.71M$1.01B$10.82B$7.34BDividend YieldN/A12.80%6.00%4.31%P/E Ratio-1.5712.5721.7117.76Price / SalesN/A10.5425.4297.71Price / CashN/A14.7017.6134.64Price / Book0.730.872.503.98Net Income-$9.83M$96.63M$1.03B$247.33M7 Day Performance5.53%2.85%2.60%4.38%1 Month Performance9.81%-9.35%-3.86%-7.77%1 Year Performance4.71%-12.41%534.50%1.25% Safeguard Scientifics Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)SFESSafeguard ScientificsN/A$0.88+3.5%N/A+3.7%$14.71MN/A-1.5733Gap UpALCYAlchemy Investments Acquisition Corp 1N/A$11.37+0.7%N/A+16.4%$51.53MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsBRRRValkyrie Bitcoin FundN/A$22.60+2.5%N/A+34.0%$50.90MN/A0.00N/AShort Interest ↓Gap UpTBMCTrailblazer Merger Co. IN/A$11.31+0.4%N/A+5.8%$50.88MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsISPOInspirato0.8323 of 5 stars$3.75-0.8%N/A-12.1%$46.65M$279.86M-0.85770FORLFour Leaf AcquisitionN/A$11.11-2.0%N/A+4.7%$45.02MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsFRLAFortune Rise AcquisitionN/A$11.20flatN/AN/A$44.24MN/A0.002,021TOPTOP Financial Group0.9208 of 5 stars$1.11+2.8%N/A-49.6%$41.10M$2.73M0.0011Positive NewsGDSTGoldenstone AcquisitionN/A$11.57flatN/A+3.6%$39.82MN/A0.00N/AWINVWinVest AcquisitionN/A$12.61flatN/A+12.5%$39.52MN/A0.002Gap DownNRTNorth European Oil Royalty Trust1.4773 of 5 stars$4.10+1.1%N/A-38.2%$37.64M$5.87M7.882 Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ALCY Competitors BRRR Competitors TBMC Competitors ISPO Competitors FORL Competitors FRLA Competitors TOP Competitors GDST Competitors WINV Competitors NRT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:SFES) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | Sponsored[Action Required] Claim Your FREE IRS Loophole GuideThis shouldn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention, but... 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