Comparing Mentor Capital (OTCMKTS:MNTR) and AlTi Global (NASDAQ:ALTI)

AlTi Global (NASDAQ:ALTI) and Mentor Capital (OTCMKTS:MNTR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

3.6% of AlTi Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.5% of AlTi Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Mentor Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

AlTi Global has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mentor Capital has a beta of -0.82, suggesting that its share price is 182% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares AlTi Global and Mentor Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AlTi Global	-71.93%	-6.77%	-3.52%
Mentor Capital	N/A	-17.94%	-14.89%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares AlTi Global and Mentor Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AlTi Global	$206.93 million	2.94	-$103.03 million	($1.81)	-2.29
Mentor Capital	N/A	N/A	-$840,000.00	($0.02)	-4.58

Mentor Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AlTi Global. Mentor Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AlTi Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for AlTi Global and Mentor Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AlTi Global	1	1	0	0	1.50
Mentor Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

Summary

AlTi Global beats Mentor Capital on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About AlTi Global

AlTi Global, Inc. provides wealth and asset management services individuals, families, foundations, and institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Wealth Management and Strategic Alternatives. The company offers discretionary investment management, non-discretionary investment advisory, and investment management and advisory services. It also provides trust and administration services, such as entity formation and management; creating or modifying trust instruments and administrative practices to meet beneficiary needs; corporate, trustee-executor, and fiduciary services; provision of directors and company secretarial services; administering entity ownership of intellectual property rights; advisory and administration services in connection with investments in marine and aviation assets; and administering entity ownership of fine art and collectibles. In addition, the company offers family office services comprising bookkeeping and back office services, private foundation management and grant making, oversight of trust administration, financial tracking and reporting, cash flow management and bill pay, and other financial services, as well as clients estate and wealth planning, family governance and education, and philanthropic and strategic services. It also provides ancillary fund management services, including investments, financial planning and strategy, sales and marketing, and back and middle office infrastructure and administration. The company offers strategic advisory, corporate advisory, brokerage, and placement agency services; structures, arranges, and provides investors with co-investment opportunities in various alternative assets; manages and advises public and private investment funds, as well as alternatives platform. The company was formerly known as Alvarium Tiedemann Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to AlTi Global, Inc. in April 2023. The company is based in New York, New York.

About Mentor Capital

Mentor Capital, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in acquisitions and emerging growth investments. The firm provides passive equity funding and liquidity to smaller companies and owners in the medical, marijuana and social use cannabis companies. It invests in shelf IPO’s and public and private companies and seeks to provide public market access to owners of small private companies. The firm specializes in pre-IPO investments in Cannabis companies. It seeks to invest in energy sector of oil and gas, coal, uranium. In case of shelf IPO’s, the firm prefers to invest in companies with sales greater than $40 million. It prefers to take significant position in its portfolio companies. The firm invests only in companies that have earnings. Mentor Capital, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Plano, Texas.