Amigo (AMGO) Competitors

Vector Capital (LON:VCAP) and Amigo (LON:AMGO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VCAP or AMGO?

14.0% of Vector Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 103.5% of Vector Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Amigo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is VCAP or AMGO more profitable?

Vector Capital has a net margin of 21.11% compared to Amigo's net margin of -438.10%. Amigo's return on equity of 6.73% beat Vector Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vector Capital	21.11%	4.50%	4.25%
Amigo	-438.10%	6.73%	-6.04%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VCAP or AMGO?

Vector Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Amigo. Amigo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vector Capital, 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
Vector Capital	£5.41M	0.00	£1.14M	£0.03	N/A
Amigo	£2.69M	0.51	-£11.76M	-£2.06	-0.12

Which has more volatility and risk, VCAP or AMGO?

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

Does the media favor VCAP or AMGO?

In the previous week, Amigo had 2 more articles in the media than Vector Capital. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Amigo and 0 mentions for Vector Capital. Vector Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Amigo's score of -0.17 indicating that Vector Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vector Capital	Neutral
Amigo	Neutral

Is VCAP or AMGO a better dividend stock?

Vector Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Amigo pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2,521.0%. Vector Capital pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amigo pays out -291.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amigo is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Vector Capital beats Amigo on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.