Argus Research is an independent research firm, and our business is producing, distributing and marketing high-quality investment and economic research. Our recommendations -- BUY, HOLD, SELL -- reflect the judgment of an analyst about a company's prospects as an investment in terms of value, growth and risks.
At Argus Research, we help our clients manage their investments. We do not bring companies public, broker trades or make markets in stocks. Our independence allows us to make critical judgments about companies that we might not be so free to make were we competing for a firm's underwriting business. Because we're not a broker/dealer, we don't have an "inventory" of a stock that we have to move with a tainted recommendation. Therefore, there's no risk that our recommendations are merely self-serving.
We have developed a six-point system for analyzing stocks over the 64 years we have been in business. This system, combined with our independence, is the reason we outperform the broad market averages.