CI Financial (CIXXF) Competitors

Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) and CI Financial (NYSE:CIXXF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is REG or CIXXF a better dividend stock?

Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Regency Centers pays out 133.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CI Financial pays out -39.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Regency Centers has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate REG or CIXXF?

Regency Centers presently has a consensus price target of $78.08, indicating a potential upside of 9.88%. Given Regency Centers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than CI Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
CI Financial	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33

Which has more volatility and risk, REG or CIXXF?

Regency Centers has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is REG or CIXXF more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.54% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -2.28%. CI Financial's return on equity of 57.73% beat Regency Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Regency Centers	27.54%	5.91%	3.21%
CI Financial	-2.28%	57.73%	5.23%

Does the media favor REG or CIXXF?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 5 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Regency Centers and 2 mentions for CI Financial. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat CI Financial's score of 0.29 indicating that Regency Centers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Regency Centers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
CI Financial	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, REG or CIXXF?

Regency Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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
Regency Centers	$1.47B	8.77	$400.39M	$2.12	33.52
CI Financial	$2.03B	1.65	$3.72M	-$1.38	-16.81

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of REG or CIXXF?

96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor REG or CIXXF?

Regency Centers received 47 more outperform votes than CI Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.00% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 47 47.00%	Underperform Votes 53 53.00%
CI Financial	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 8 100.00%

Summary

Regency Centers beats CI Financial on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.