Sprott (SII) Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and Bank OZK (NASDAQ:OZK) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the media refer more to SII or OZK?

In the previous week, Bank OZK had 9 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bank OZK and 3 mentions for Sprott. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Bank OZK's score of 1.29 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bank OZK	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SII or OZK?

Bank OZK received 162 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.62% of users gave Bank OZK an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%
Bank OZK	Outperform Votes 174 44.62%	Underperform Votes 216 55.38%

Do analysts recommend SII or OZK?

Bank OZK has a consensus target price of $49.13, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Given Bank OZK's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank OZK is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Bank OZK	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SII or OZK?

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of Bank OZK shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Bank OZK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SII or OZK a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Bank OZK pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Sprott pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank OZK pays out 28.2% 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. Sprott has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Bank OZK has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. Bank OZK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SII or OZK?

Sprott has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank OZK has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SII or OZK more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to Bank OZK's net margin of 25.83%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Bank OZK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
Bank OZK	25.83%	13.90%	1.93%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SII or OZK?

Bank OZK has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Bank OZK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Sprott	$170.57M	8.61	$41.80M	$1.92	29.66
Bank OZK	$1.66B	3.06	$716.46M	$6.10	7.36

Summary

Bank OZK beats Sprott on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.