WED vs. GS, FTN, AGF.B, LBS, XLY, BK, OLY, PBY.UN, FSZ, and SBC
Should you be buying Westaim stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westaim include Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Financial 15 Split (FTN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Fiera Capital (FSZ), and Brompton Split Banc (SBC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Westaim vs.
Westaim (CVE:WED) and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (TSE:GS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates has higher revenue and earnings than Westaim. Westaim is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gluskin Sheff + Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates received 227 more outperform votes than Westaim when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.14% of users gave Westaim an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Gluskin Sheff + Associates an outperform vote.
Westaim pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Westaim pays out -225.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Gluskin Sheff + Associates' return on equity of 0.00% beat Westaim's return on equity.
10.2% of Westaim shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.2% of Westaim shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gluskin Sheff + Associates had 2 more articles in the media than Westaim. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gluskin Sheff + Associates and 0 mentions for Westaim. Gluskin Sheff + Associates' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Westaim's score of -0.39 indicating that Gluskin Sheff + Associates is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Gluskin Sheff + Associates beats Westaim on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WED and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of CVE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
