AGF Management (AGF.B) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Founded in 1957, AGF Management Limited (AGF) is an independent and globally diverse asset management firm. Our companies deliver excellence in investing in the public and private markets through three business lines: AGF Investments, AGF Capital Partners and AGF Private Wealth. AGF brings a disciplined approach, focused on incorporating sound, responsible and sustainable corporate practices. The firm's collective investment expertise, driven by its fundamental, quantitative and private investing capabilities, extends globally to a wide range of clients, from financial advisors and their clients to high-net worth and institutional investors including pension plans, corporate plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, AGF has investment operations and client servicing teams on the ground in North America and Europe. With over $60 billion in total assets under management and fee-earning assets, AGF serves more than 820,000 investors.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$15.78 to C$16.23
• 50-Day Range: C$15.85 to C$23.88
• 52-Week Range: C$13.33 to C$24.20
• Volume: 498,443 shs
• Average Volume: 260,954 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$1.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.44
• Dividend Yield: 3.28%
• Price Target: C$19.46
• Consensus Rating: Hold

AGF Management Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

AGF Management scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

AGF Management has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

AGF Management has a consensus price target of C$19.46, representing about 22.8% upside from its current price of C$15.85.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

AGF Management has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of AGF Management is 7.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of AGF Management is 7.44, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.57.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

AGF Management has a PEG Ratio of 1.18. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

AGF Management has a P/B Ratio of 0.93. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for AGF.B.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

AGF Management pays a meaningful dividend of 3.41%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

AGF Management does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of AGF Management is 24.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.39

News Sentiment

AGF Management has a news sentiment score of -0.39. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for AGF Management this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added AGF Management to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, AGF Management insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.70% of the stock of AGF Management is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

12.94% of the stock of AGF Management is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Asset Management & Custody Banks
• Current Symbol: TSE:AGF.B
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.agf.com
• Phone: 416-367-1900
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 652
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for AGF Management: C$19.46
• High Price Target: C$21.00
• Low Price Target: C$18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$2.13
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.44
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.15
• P/E Growth: 1.18
• Net Income: C$85.73 million
• Net Margins: 16.58%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 7.64%
• Return on Assets: 5.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 11.27
• Current Ratio: 1.19
• Quick Ratio: 1.75

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$588.66 million
• Price / Sales: 1.70
• Cash Flow: C$2.69 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.89
• Book Value: C$17.13 per share
• Price / Book: 0.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 63,250,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$1.00 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.18