GSY vs. EQB, CWB, CIX, FN, ELF, TSU, SII, GLXY, UNC, and LB
Should you be buying goeasy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of goeasy include EQB (EQB), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), E-L Financial (ELF), Trisura Group (TSU), Sprott (SII), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), United Co.s (UNC), and Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
EQB (TSE:EQB) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, goeasy had 18 more articles in the media than EQB. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for goeasy and 5 mentions for EQB. EQB's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat goeasy's score of 0.22 indicating that goeasy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQB presently has a consensus target price of C$102.56, indicating a potential upside of 20.91%. goeasy has a consensus target price of C$196.44, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given goeasy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EQB is more favorable than goeasy.
goeasy received 1 more outperform votes than EQB when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.10% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 60.57% of users gave EQB an outperform vote.
EQB has higher revenue and earnings than goeasy. EQB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than goeasy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EQB has a net margin of 39.67% compared to EQB's net margin of 33.21%. EQB's return on equity of 25.77% beat goeasy's return on equity.
EQB has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
23.6% of EQB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. 29.1% of EQB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of goeasy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EQB pays an annual dividend of C$1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. EQB pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 32.3% 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.
Summary
goeasy beats EQB on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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