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

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

Earnings & Valuation

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

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

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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Profitability

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

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

Volatility & Risk

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. Comparatively, Argo Blockchain has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.