Tavistock Investments (TAVI) Competitors

Argentex Group (LON:AGFX) and Tavistock Investments (LON:TAVI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility and risk, AGFX or TAVI?

Argentex Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tavistock Investments has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGFX or TAVI more profitable?

Argentex Group has a net margin of 17.07% compared to Tavistock Investments' net margin of -3.23%. Argentex Group's return on equity of 34.38% beat Tavistock Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Argentex Group	17.07%	34.38%	0.87%
Tavistock Investments	-3.23%	-3.14%	-0.44%

Does the media refer more to AGFX or TAVI?

In the previous week, Argentex Group had 5 more articles in the media than Tavistock Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Argentex Group and 1 mentions for Tavistock Investments. Tavistock Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Argentex Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Tavistock Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Argentex Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tavistock Investments	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGFX or TAVI?

Tavistock Investments received 156 more outperform votes than Argentex Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave Argentex Group an outperform vote while only 69.29% of users gave Tavistock Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Argentex Group	Outperform Votes 11 73.33%	Underperform Votes 4 26.67%
Tavistock Investments	Outperform Votes 167 69.29%	Underperform Votes 74 30.71%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AGFX or TAVI?

54.6% of Argentex Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Tavistock Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.8% of Argentex Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.5% of Tavistock Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AGFX or TAVI a better dividend stock?

Argentex Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Tavistock Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Argentex Group pays out 37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tavistock Investments pays out -0.3% 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AGFX or TAVI?

Argentex Group has higher revenue and earnings than Tavistock Investments. Tavistock Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Argentex Group, 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
Argentex Group	£59.42M	0.89	£10.15M	£8.07	5.35
Tavistock Investments	£33.60M	0.60	-£1.08M	-£0.21	-19.97

Summary

Argentex Group beats Tavistock Investments on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.