ELF vs. EQB, GSY, CWB, DFY, CIX, FN, TSU, GLXY, SII, and UNC
Should you be buying E-L Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E-L Financial include EQB (EQB), goeasy (GSY), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Definity Financial (DFY), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), Trisura Group (TSU), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Sprott (SII), and United Co.s (UNC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
EQB (TSE:EQB) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
EQB has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EQB had 4 more articles in the media than E-L Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for EQB and 8 mentions for E-L Financial. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat E-L Financial's score of 0.38 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to EQB's net margin of 39.01%. EQB's return on equity of 16.27% beat E-L Financial's return on equity.
23.5% of EQB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.1% of EQB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than EQB. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. E-L Financial pays out 4.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
EQB presently has a consensus target price of C$101.78, suggesting a potential upside of 26.18%. Given E-L Financial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EQB is more favorable than E-L Financial.
EQB received 276 more outperform votes than E-L Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote while only 60.63% of users gave EQB an outperform vote.
Summary
EQB beats E-L Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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