Amigo (AMGO) Competitors

Amigo (LON:AMGO) and Vector Capital (LON:VCAP) 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 dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is AMGO or VCAP 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
Amigo	-438.10%	6.73%	-6.04%
Vector Capital	21.11%	4.50%	4.25%

Is AMGO or VCAP a better dividend stock?

Amigo pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,600.0%. Vector Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share. Amigo pays out -291.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, AMGO or VCAP?

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
Amigo	£2.69M	0.80	-£11.76M	-£2.06	-0.18
Vector Capital	£5.41M	0.00	£1.14M	£0.03	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMGO or VCAP?

14.0% of Vector Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Amigo shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 103.5% of Vector Capital 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.

Does the media prefer AMGO or VCAP?

In the previous week, Amigo had 1 more articles in the media than Vector Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Amigo and 0 mentions for Vector Capital. Vector Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Amigo's score of -0.18 indicating that Vector Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Amigo	Neutral
Vector Capital	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, AMGO or VCAP?

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

Summary

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