BK vs. OLY, LBS, AIM, FTN, SBC, GDV, DF, GCG, FAP, and DFN
Should you be buying Canadian Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Banc include Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Aimia (AIM), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (DF), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) and Olympia Financial Group (TSE:OLY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Olympia Financial Group pays an annual dividend of C$7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Canadian Banc pays out -95.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympia Financial Group pays out 75.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Olympia Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Banc. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympia Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Banc and Canadian Banc both had 1 articles in the media. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Olympia Financial Group's score of -0.08 indicating that Canadian Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Banc received 1 more outperform votes than Olympia Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.95% of users gave Canadian Banc an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave Olympia Financial Group an outperform vote.
Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympia Financial Group has a beta of 0.31, suggesting that its share price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Olympia Financial Group has a consensus price target of C$125.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.29%. Given Olympia Financial Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olympia Financial Group is more favorable than Canadian Banc.
0.7% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. 34.5% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by insiders. 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.
Olympia Financial Group has a net margin of 24.00% compared to Canadian Banc's net margin of 0.00%. Olympia Financial Group's return on equity of 79.00% beat Canadian Banc's return on equity.
Summary
Olympia Financial Group beats Canadian Banc on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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