AGFX vs. JIM, FKE, WHI, ARDN, AFN, MAC, NXG, RMA, INVP, and IGG
Should you be buying Argentex Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argentex Group include Jarvis Securities (JIM), Fiske (FKE), WH Ireland Group (WHI), Arden Partners (ARDN), ADVFN (AFN), Marechale Capital (MAC), NEX Group (NXG), Rasmala (RMA), Investec Group (INVP), and IG Group (IGG). These companies are all part of the "capital markets" industry.
Argentex Group vs. Its Competitors
Argentex Group (LON:AGFX) and Jarvis Securities (LON:JIM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Jarvis Securities has a net margin of 25.37% compared to Argentex Group's net margin of 17.07%. Jarvis Securities' return on equity of 58.05% beat Argentex Group's return on equity.
Argentex Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jarvis Securities has a beta of 0.32, meaning that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Jarvis Securities. Argentex Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jarvis Securities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 110.3%. Jarvis Securities pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 29.0%. Argentex Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jarvis Securities pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Argentex Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Argentex Group had 1 more articles in the media than Jarvis Securities. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Argentex Group and 0 mentions for Jarvis Securities. Argentex Group's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Jarvis Securities' score of 0.00 indicating that Argentex Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.6% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Argentex Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of Jarvis Securities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Argentex Group beats Jarvis Securities on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:AGFX) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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