Reviewing Ag Growth International (AGGZF) & The Competition

Ag Growth International (OTCMKTS:AGGZF) is one of 437 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Ag Growth International to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ag Growth International and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ag Growth International	0	2	4	0	2.67
Ag Growth International Competitors	4049	14431	17833	762	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 24.12%. Given Ag Growth International’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ag Growth International has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

56.8% of Ag Growth International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ag Growth International and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ag Growth International	N/A	N/A	6.10
Ag Growth International Competitors	$4.44 billion	$345.47 million	0.45

Ag Growth International’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Ag Growth International. Ag Growth International is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Ag Growth International and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ag Growth International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ag Growth International Competitors	-1,937.72%	-13.27%	0.73%

Dividends

Ag Growth International pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Ag Growth International pays out 77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.3% and pay out 27.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

Ag Growth International beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Ag Growth International

Ag Growth International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells equipment for the agriculture industry in Canada, the United States, and internationally. It operates through Farm and Commercial segments. The company offers grain, bolted, hopper, and smooth wall bins; temporary storage; unloads and sweeps systems; water tanks; secondary containment systems; fuel tanks; and storage accessories, as well as mixed flow dryers; fans and heaters; aeration products; vents and exhausters; and stirring systems. It also provides portable handling equipment, such as augers, conveyors, grain vacs, post pounders, seed treaters, and related accessories; permanent handling equipment, such as bucket elevators, chain and belt conveyors, distributors, feed handling, screw feeders and conveyors, and spouts and connectors. In addition, the company offers towers, catwalks, and ladders, as well as all-steel buildings; batch blenders, bulk scales, declining weight blenders, vertical blenders, micro-dosing systems, mixers, and milling equipment; and controllers, hazard monitoring, and monitoring and automation equipment. Its products are used in port facilities, inland grain terminals, corporate farms, fertilizer distribution sites, ethanol production, oilseed crushing, commercial feed mills, rice mills, and flour mills. The company serves farmers, agribusinesses, grain handlers, regional cooperatives, contractors, food and animal feed manufacturers, and fertilizer blenders and distributors. Ag Growth International Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Winnipeg, Canada.