Cargotec (OTCMKTS:CYJBF) & Ag Growth International (OTCMKTS:AGGZF) Critical Comparison

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

Profitability

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

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Cargotec and Ag Growth International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cargotec	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ag Growth International	0	1	1	0	2.50

Ag Growth International has a consensus price target of $62.00, indicating a potential upside of 149.50%. Given Ag Growth International’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ag Growth International is more favorable than Cargotec.

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cargotec	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.60	139.32
Ag Growth International	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.80	13.78

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

18.1% of Cargotec 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Cargotec pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ag Growth International pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Cargotec pays out 70.0% 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.

Summary

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

About Cargotec

Cargotec Corporation provides cargo handling solutions and services in Finland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the United States, rest of the Americas, China, and rest of Asia-Pacific countries. Its Kalmar segment offers cargo handling equipment and automated terminal solutions, software, and support services for ports, terminals, distribution centers, and heavy industry. Its product portfolio includes straddle and shuttle carriers, reach stackers, empty container handlers, terminal tractors, and forklift trucks; maintenance contracts, technical support, spare parts, training, equipment modernization services, and digital solutions; and Bromma spreaders. The company’s Hiab segment provides load handling equipment under the HIAB, EFFER, and ARGOS brands; forestry and recycling cranes under the LOGLIFT and JONSERED brands; truck mounted forklifts under the MOFFETT and PRINCETON brands; skip loaders and hook lifts under the MULTILIFT brand; tail lifts under the ZEPRO, DEL, and WALTCO brands; ProCare services; HiVision crane operating systems; and HiConnect platform. Its MacGregor segment offers maritime cargo and load handling products, services, and solutions. Cargotec Corporation was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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.