Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV) Competitors

Global Dividend Growth Split (TSE:GDV) and AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GDV or AGF.B?

AGF Management has higher revenue and earnings than Global Dividend Growth Split. Global Dividend Growth Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGF Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.05	3.60
AGF Management	C$517.16M	1.29	C$85.73M	C$1.28	8.14

Is GDV or AGF.B a better dividend stock?

Global Dividend Growth Split pays an annual dividend of 1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Global Dividend Growth Split pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGF Management pays out 35.9% 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.

Is GDV or AGF.B more profitable?

AGF Management has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Global Dividend Growth Split's net margin of 0.00%. AGF Management's return on equity of 7.64% beat Global Dividend Growth Split's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A	N/A
AGF Management	16.58%	7.64%	5.20%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in GDV or AGF.B?

12.9% of AGF Management shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GDV or AGF.B?

AGF Management received 178 more outperform votes than Global Dividend Growth Split when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A
AGF Management	Outperform Votes 178 35.74%	Underperform Votes 320 64.26%

Do analysts recommend GDV or AGF.B?

AGF Management has a consensus target price of C$11.82, suggesting a potential upside of 13.45%. Given AGF Management's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Global Dividend Growth Split.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Dividend Growth Split	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
AGF Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer GDV or AGF.B?

In the previous week, Global Dividend Growth Split and Global Dividend Growth Split both had 1 articles in the media. Global Dividend Growth Split's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat AGF Management's score of 0.78 indicating that Global Dividend Growth Split is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Dividend Growth Split	Positive
AGF Management	Positive

Summary

AGF Management beats Global Dividend Growth Split on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.