Argentex Group (AGFX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, AGFX or FKE?

Argentex Group has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fiske has a beta of 0.14, suggesting that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGFX or FKE a better dividend stock?

Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 110.3%. Fiske pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Argentex Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fiske pays out 2,000.0% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AGFX or FKE?

54.6% of Argentex Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Fiske shares are held by institutional investors. 24.8% of Argentex Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 75.7% of Fiske shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AGFX or FKE more profitable?

Argentex Group has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Fiske's net margin of 8.83%. Argentex Group's return on equity of 34.38% beat Fiske's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Argentex Group	17.07%	34.38%	0.87%
Fiske	8.83%	9.08%	2.21%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AGFX or FKE?

Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fiske. Argentex Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fiske, 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	0.06	£10.15M	£8.07	0.34
Fiske	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.05	1,498.00

Does the media favor AGFX or FKE?

In the previous week, Fiske had 4 more articles in the media than Argentex Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fiske and 0 mentions for Argentex Group. Argentex Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Fiske's score of -0.01 indicating that Argentex Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Argentex Group	Neutral
Fiske	Neutral

Summary

Argentex Group beats Fiske on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.