Argentex Group (AGFX) Competitors

Peel Hunt (LON:PEEL) and Argentex Group (LON:AGFX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PEEL or AGFX?

27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Argentex Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PEEL or AGFX a better dividend stock?

Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Argentex Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Is PEEL or AGFX more profitable?

Argentex Group has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Peel Hunt's net margin of -1.72%. Argentex Group's return on equity of 34.38% beat Peel Hunt's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%
Argentex Group	17.07%	34.38%	0.87%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PEEL or AGFX?

Argentex Group received 11 more outperform votes than Peel Hunt when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Peel Hunt	N/A	N/A
Argentex Group	Outperform Votes 11 73.33%	Underperform Votes 4 26.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, PEEL or AGFX?

Peel Hunt has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Argentex Group has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PEEL or AGFX?

In the previous week, Argentex Group had 1 more articles in the media than Peel Hunt. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Argentex Group and 0 mentions for Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Argentex Group's score of -0.64 indicating that Peel Hunt is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Peel Hunt	Neutral
Argentex Group	Negative

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PEEL or AGFX?

Argentex Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argentex Group, 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
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.06	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-61.44
Argentex Group	£59.42M	0.76	£10.15M	£8.07	4.54

Summary

Argentex Group beats Peel Hunt on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.