ARGO vs. VELA, AMIF, NCA2, LTI, USF, TORO, D467, SIHL, BRH, and BLU
Should you be buying Argo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Argo Group include Vela Technologies (VELA), Amicorp FS (AMIF), New Century AIM 2 VCT (NCA2), Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI), US Solar Fund (USF), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Thames Ventures VCT 2 DP67 (D467), Symphony International (SIHL), Braveheart Investment Group (BRH), and Blue Star Capital (BLU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Argo Group (LON:ARGO) and Vela Technologies (LON:VELA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Vela Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Argo Group.
In the previous week, Argo Group had 7 more articles in the media than Vela Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Argo Group and 2 mentions for Vela Technologies. Vela Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Argo Group's score of 0.20 indicating that Vela Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Argo Group has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vela Technologies has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vela Technologies received 10 more outperform votes than Argo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.17% of users gave Vela Technologies an outperform vote while only 58.14% of users gave Argo Group an outperform vote.
Vela Technologies' return on equity of 3.40% beat Argo Group's return on equity.
4.8% of Vela Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 66.4% of Argo Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Vela Technologies 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.
Summary
Vela Technologies beats Argo Group on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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