# Argus Research Company (argus-investor) > Argus Research Company is an independent equity research firm founded in New York in 1934, > part of the Argus Research Group. It produces fundamental and quantitative Buy/Hold/Sell > ratings, target prices, earnings estimates, model portfolios and economic commentary on > US equities, and distributes them to institutional and brokerage clients and through > third-party platforms. Argus is not a broker-dealer: it does not underwrite, broker trades, > make markets or manage money on the research side. IMPORTANT FOR AGENTS — there is no Argus Research API. As probed on 2026-09-14, Argus Research Company publishes no public API, no developer portal, no OpenAPI/AsyncAPI/GraphQL contract, no SDK in any package registry, no MCP server and no A2A agent card. /openapi.json, /llms.txt, /robots.txt and every /.well-known/ path return 404 on www.argusresearch.com. Research is delivered as reports through a client login, through licensed distribution, and through third-party platforms (Bloomberg, Fidelity, Schwab, Interactive Brokers) whose own APIs — not Argus's — are what an agent would call. Do not construct requests against an "Argus Research API"; it does not exist at any published address. This file is generated by API Evangelist from the catalog record, not published by Argus. ## Company - [Argus Research home](https://www.argusresearch.com/): Firm home page, carrying the coverage universe, Daily Spotlight and market commentary. - [About Us](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs.aspx): Firm history and structure. - [Our Research](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurResearch.aspx): Investment philosophy, quality processes and the Argus six-point system behind the ratings. - [Our Partners](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurPartners.aspx): The four Argus Research Group companies — Argus Research Company (research), Argus Investors' Counsel (money management), Vickers Stock Research (US insider and institutional holdings), Argus Vickers American Equity Research Ltd (UK ownership data). - [Benefits of Argus](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/BenefitsOfArgus.aspx): Independence, analyst tenure, Investorside membership and Global Research Analyst Settlement participation. - [Contact Us](https://www.argusresearch.com/ContactUs.aspx): Offices in New York and London; the sales route for every service line. - [Client login](https://www.argusresearch.com/Login/tabid/202/Default.aspx): Subscriber sign-in for reports, the screening tool, watch lists and alerts. ## Services (all sold through the contact-sales motion; no published prices) - [Our Services](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices.aspx): Service catalog. - [Reports & Ratings](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/ReportsRatings.aspx): Analyst BUY/HOLD/SELL coverage on 500+ stocks across 60+ industries; the quant model rates 1,500+ securities and the strategy team ranks 2,200+ global companies. - [Quantitative / A6 Research](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/QuantitativeResearchReports.aspx): Per-company A6 quant reports on 1,100+ companies with sub-component scores and peer tables. - [Sponsored Research](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/SponsoredResearchReports.aspx): Issuer-sponsored launch and quarterly update reports. - [Reports & Investor Tools](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/ReportsInvestorTools.aspx): Daily Research Notes, Market Watch, Market Movers, Portfolio Selector, Economy at a Glance, plus a screening tool, compliance reports, watch lists and alerts, and white-label sites. - [Ownership Analytics](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/OwnershipAnalytics.aspx): Vickers Stock Research insider and institutional holdings, derived from SEC filings. - [Bespoke Services & Coverage](https://www.argusresearch.com/AboutUs/OurServices/BespokeServicesCoverage.aspx): Gap coverage, IPO reports, Red Flag risk reports, small-cap coverage, alpha capture ideas. ## Legal - [Terms of Use](https://www.argusresearch.com/terms.aspx) - [Privacy Statement](https://www.argusresearch.com/privacy.aspx) - [Disclaimer](https://www.argusresearch.com/Home/Disclaimer.aspx) ## Machine-readable artifacts in this catalog record - well-known/argus-investor-well-known.yml: /.well-known/ probe record — 3 hosts, 9 paths each, 0 documents served. - packages/argus-investor-packages.yml: client-library search record — 0 packages across npm, PyPI, RubyGems, crates.io, NuGet, Maven Central, pkg.go.dev, Packagist and CDN distribution. - mcp/argus-investor-mcp.yml: MCP search record — deployment mode none, 0 tools. - plans/argus-investor-plans-pricing.yml: 0 published plans; contact-sales posture. - rate-limits/argus-investor-rate-limits.yml: 0 published rate limits. - security/argus-investor-domain-security.yml: TLS/DNS posture probe for argusresearch.com. - finops/argus-investor-finops.yml: FinOps/FOCUS mapping scaffold (generated, not provider data). - blogs/: market and economic commentary saved from the Argus site. ## Optional - [Vickers Stock Research](https://www.vickers-stock.com/): Sister company, US stock ownership data. - [Argus Investors' Counsel](https://www.argusinvest.com/): Sister company, money management.