LB vs. VBNK, CWB, EQB, CVG, HUT, UNC, GLXY, CF, SII, and BITF
Should you be buying Laurentian Bank of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Laurentian Bank of Canada include VersaBank (VBNK), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), EQB (EQB), Clairvest Group (CVG), Hut 8 (HUT), United Co.s (UNC), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Canaccord Genuity Group (CF), Sprott (SII), and Bitfarms (BITF). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
VersaBank has a net margin of 40.77% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 17.33%. Laurentian Bank of Canada's return on equity of 12.28% beat VersaBank's return on equity.
VersaBank pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Laurentian Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. VersaBank pays out 5.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Laurentian Bank of Canada pays out 53.0% 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.
Laurentian Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of C$28.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.46%. Given VersaBank's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Laurentian Bank of Canada is more favorable than VersaBank.
VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Laurentian Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 2 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for VersaBank. Laurentian Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled VersaBank'saverage media sentiment score.
Laurentian Bank of Canada received 362 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 41.77% of users gave Laurentian Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
26.7% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.6% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 45.2% of VersaBank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Laurentian Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than VersaBank. Laurentian Bank of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than VersaBank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Laurentian Bank of Canada beats VersaBank on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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