Head to Head Analysis: Ag Growth International (OTCMKTS:AGGZF) & Palfinger (OTCMKTS:PLFRY)

Palfinger (OTCMKTS:PLFRY) and Ag Growth International (OTCMKTS:AGGZF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Palfinger	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ag Growth International	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Palfinger and Ag Growth International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Palfinger	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.17	24.71
Ag Growth International	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.80	13.44

Ag Growth International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palfinger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.2% of Palfinger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Ag Growth International shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Palfinger pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ag Growth International pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Palfinger pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Palfinger and Ag Growth International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Palfinger	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ag Growth International	0	0	2	0	3.00

Ag Growth International has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 155.67%. Given Ag Growth International’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ag Growth International is more favorable than Palfinger.

Summary

Ag Growth International beats Palfinger on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Palfinger

Palfinger AG produces and sells crane and lifting solutions worldwide. It offers loader cranes, timber and recycling cranes, knuckle boom cranes, telescopic cranes, stiff boom cranes, winches and offshore equipment, offshore cranes, davit systems, boats, wind cranes, hooklifts, access platforms, tail lifts, passenger lifts, mobile cranes, truck mounted forklifts, railway systems, rope access, bridge inspection units, skiploaders, and lifesaving equipment. The company also provides contract manufacturing services. It serves construction and infrastructure, transport and logistics, railways, waste management and recycling, forestry, state institutions, offshore, wind, cruise, navy and coast guard, aquaculture and fisheries, and trade and transport industries. The company provides its products and services through a network of approximately 5,000 service centers in 130 countries; and 200 independent general importers. Palfinger AG was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Bergheim, Austria. Palfinger AG is a subsidiary of The Palfinger Family.

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.