Amigo (AMGO) Competitors

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

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

14.0% of Vector Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 103.5% of Vector Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VCAP or AMGO?

Amigo received 53 more outperform votes than Vector Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vector Capital	N/A	N/A
Amigo	Outperform Votes 53 67.09%	Underperform Votes 26 32.91%

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 2,000.0%. 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.

Does the media refer more to VCAP or AMGO?

In the previous week, Vector Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Amigo'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vector Capital	Neutral
Amigo	Neutral

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 higher 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	0.64	-£11.76M	-£2.06	-0.15

Which has more risk and volatility, VCAP or AMGO?

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

Summary

Vector Capital beats Amigo on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.