Contrasting Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (OTCMKTS:GBOOY) & Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK)

Argo Blockchain (NASDAQ:ARBK) and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (OTCMKTS:GBOOY) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Argo Blockchain and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Argo Blockchain	2	1	0	0	1.33
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	0	0	0	0	0.00

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Argo Blockchain and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Argo Blockchain	$47.02 million	0.35	-$55.10 million	($0.97)	-0.23
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	$22.72 billion	1.19	$3.08 billion	$5.23	9.21

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV has higher revenue and earnings than Argo Blockchain. Argo Blockchain is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Argo Blockchain and Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Argo Blockchain	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV	12.92%	22.33%	2.26%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

2.4% of Argo Blockchain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV beats Argo Blockchain on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Argo Blockchain

Argo Blockchain plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies mining business worldwide. It engages in mining purpose-built computers for complex cryptographic algorithms. The company was formerly known as GoSun Blockchain Limited and changed its name to Argo Blockchain plc in December 2017. Argo Blockchain plc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

About Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV

Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of banking and financial products and services in Mexico and internationally. The company accepts checking, current, retirement, and payroll accounts; and provides loans, including mortgage, car, payroll, personal, structured, syndicated, SME loans, and credit cards, as well as letter of credit financing, acquisition funding, and import and export foreign trade financing. It is also involved in investment planning, foreign currency purchase/sale, financial advice, brokerage, asset management, investment banking, letters of credit, bank guarantees, and leasing and factoring activities. In addition, the company sells mutual funds and debt and capital instruments; issues debit cards; and provides insurance services for car, home, life, medical, employee, and SMEs, as well as cash management services for collection, trustees, payroll, and lines of credit. Further, it provides online banking, POS, payment, reconciliation, documentary collection, import bills of exchange discount, International wire transfer, remittances, storage, inventory management, logistics, marketing, and payroll services. The company was founded in 1899 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.