Amigo (AMGO) Competitors

S&U (LON:47IE) and Amigo (LON:AMGO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, 47IE or AMGO?

S&U has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amigo has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in 47IE or AMGO?

1.1% of S&U shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Amigo shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is 47IE or AMGO more profitable?

S&U has a net margin of 28.21% compared to Amigo's net margin of -438.10%. S&U's return on equity of 8.13% beat Amigo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
S&U	28.21%	8.13%	4.18%
Amigo	-438.10%	6.73%	-6.04%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 47IE or AMGO?

S&U received 63 more outperform votes than Amigo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.96% of users gave S&U an outperform vote while only 67.09% of users gave Amigo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
S&U	Outperform Votes 116 72.96%	Underperform Votes 43 27.04%
Amigo	Outperform Votes 53 67.09%	Underperform Votes 26 32.91%

Which has better valuation and earnings, 47IE or AMGO?

S&U has higher revenue and earnings than Amigo. Amigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than S&U, 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
S&U	£66.69M	0.12	£18.82M	£312.70	0.21
Amigo	£2.69M	0.66	-£11.76M	-£2.06	-0.15

Does the media refer more to 47IE or AMGO?

In the previous week, Amigo had 1 more articles in the media than S&U. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amigo and 0 mentions for S&U. S&U's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Amigo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
S&U	Neutral
Amigo	Neutral

Is 47IE or AMGO a better dividend stock?

S&U pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Amigo pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,929.3%. S&U pays out 1.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amigo pays out -291.0% 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. Amigo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

S&U beats Amigo on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.