Amigo (AMGO) Competitors

Amigo (LON:AMGO) and Orchard Funding Group (LON:ORCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMGO or ORCH?

Orchard Funding Group received 77 more outperform votes than Amigo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.09% of users gave Amigo an outperform vote while only 67.01% of users gave Orchard Funding Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Amigo	Outperform Votes 53 67.09%	Underperform Votes 26 32.91%
Orchard Funding Group	Outperform Votes 130 67.01%	Underperform Votes 64 32.99%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AMGO or ORCH?

21.0% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Amigo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.2% of Orchard Funding Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, AMGO or ORCH?

Amigo has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orchard Funding Group has a beta of -0.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AMGO or ORCH more profitable?

Orchard Funding Group has a net margin of 23.07% compared to Amigo's net margin of 0.00%. Orchard Funding Group's return on equity of 8.55% beat Amigo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amigo	N/A	-200.00%	-6.04%
Orchard Funding Group	23.07%	8.55%	2.57%

Does the media refer more to AMGO or ORCH?

In the previous week, Amigo had 1 more articles in the media than Orchard Funding Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amigo and 0 mentions for Orchard Funding Group. Amigo's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Orchard Funding Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Amigo is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amigo	Neutral
Orchard Funding Group	Neutral

Is AMGO or ORCH a better dividend stock?

Amigo pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,474.2%. Orchard Funding Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Amigo pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Orchard Funding Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amigo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AMGO or ORCH?

Orchard Funding Group has higher revenue and earnings than Amigo. Amigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orchard Funding 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
Amigo	£3.50M	0.66	-£12.60M	-£0.03	-13.57
Orchard Funding Group	£6.56M	0.94	£1.51M	£0.07	414.29

Summary

Orchard Funding Group beats Amigo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.