LBS vs. BK, FTN, OLY, AIM, SBC, GDV, DF, GCG, FAP, and DFN
Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include Canadian Banc (BK), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), 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 Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Life & Banc Split's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Canadian Banc'saverage media sentiment score.
Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.6%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.2%. Canadian Banc pays out -95.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Life & Banc Split pays out 80.5% 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.
Life & Banc Split has a net margin of 62.96% compared to Life & Banc Split's net margin of 0.00%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 20.84% beat Life & Banc Split's return on equity.
Life & Banc Split received 32 more outperform votes than Canadian Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Life & Banc Split an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Canadian Banc an outperform vote.
Life & Banc Split has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Banc. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life & Banc Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Life & Banc Split beats Canadian Banc on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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