Argentex Group (AGFX) Competitors

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

Is AGFX or PEEL 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
Argentex Group	17.07%	34.38%	0.87%
Peel Hunt	-1.72%	-1.78%	-0.50%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AGFX or PEEL?

Argentex Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Argentex Group	£59.42M	0.88	£10.15M	£8.07	5.28
Peel Hunt	£87.00M	1.15	-£1.50M	-£1.29	-66.88

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGFX or PEEL?

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

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AGFX or PEEL?

54.6% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of Peel Hunt shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Argentex Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Peel Hunt shares are held 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.

Is AGFX or PEEL a better dividend stock?

Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Peel Hunt pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Argentex Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Peel Hunt pays out -233.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, AGFX or PEEL?

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

Does the media refer more to AGFX or PEEL?

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. Argentex Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Peel Hunt'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Argentex Group	Neutral
Peel Hunt	Neutral

Summary

Argentex Group beats Peel Hunt on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.