FTHM vs. RMAX, OPAD, DOUG, LRHC, OMH, MDJH, BEKE, JLL, VAC, and EXPI
Should you be buying Fathom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fathom include RE/MAX (RMAX), Offerpad Solutions (OPAD), Douglas Elliman (DOUG), La Rosa (LRHC), Ohmyhome (OMH), MDJM (MDJH), KE (BEKE), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), and eXp World (EXPI). These companies are all part of the "real estate agents & managers" industry.
Fathom (NASDAQ:FTHM) and RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
Fathom has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RE/MAX has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fathom presently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 123.10%. RE/MAX has a consensus target price of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 35.51%. Given Fathom's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fathom is more favorable than RE/MAX.
Fathom has a net margin of -7.16% compared to RE/MAX's net margin of -22.51%. Fathom's return on equity of -43.82% beat RE/MAX's return on equity.
RE/MAX received 264 more outperform votes than Fathom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave Fathom an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote.
Fathom has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fathom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.5% of Fathom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of RE/MAX shares are held by institutional investors. 46.6% of Fathom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fathom had 4 more articles in the media than RE/MAX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Fathom and 2 mentions for RE/MAX. Fathom's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat RE/MAX's score of 0.53 indicating that Fathom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fathom beats RE/MAX on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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