FC vs. AI, ECN, MKP, TF, FTN, VBNK, LBS, BK, OLY, and AIM
Should you be buying Firm Capital Mortgage Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment include Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), ECN Capital (ECN), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Financial 15 Split (FTN), VersaBank (VBNK), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), and Aimia (AIM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (TSE:FC) and Atrium Mortgage Investment (TSE:AI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment presently has a consensus price target of C$13.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.82%. Atrium Mortgage Investment has a consensus price target of C$12.97, indicating a potential upside of 16.46%. Given Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Firm Capital Mortgage Investment is more favorable than Atrium Mortgage Investment.
In the previous week, Atrium Mortgage Investment had 2 more articles in the media than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Atrium Mortgage Investment and 3 mentions for Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. Atrium Mortgage Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's score of -0.09 indicating that Atrium Mortgage Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atrium Mortgage Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. Atrium Mortgage Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of C$0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. Atrium Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of C$0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays out 95.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atrium Mortgage Investment pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atrium Mortgage Investment has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atrium Mortgage Investment has a net margin of 83.38% compared to Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's net margin of 73.49%. Atrium Mortgage Investment's return on equity of 10.75% beat Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's return on equity.
2.2% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Atrium Mortgage Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Atrium Mortgage Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Atrium Mortgage Investment received 115 more outperform votes than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.46% of users gave Atrium Mortgage Investment an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Firm Capital Mortgage Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
Atrium Mortgage Investment beats Firm Capital Mortgage Investment on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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