Sprott (SII) Competitors

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

Is SII or CADE more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to Cadence Bank's net margin of 18.03%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Cadence Bank's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
Cadence Bank	18.03%	9.87%	1.07%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in SII or CADE?

28.3% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Cadence Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Cadence Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SII or CADE a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cadence Bank pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sprott pays out 62.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cadence Bank pays out 38.6% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Cadence Bank has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Cadence Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SII or CADE?

Sprott has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Cadence Bank has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SII or CADE?

In the previous week, Cadence Bank had 4 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cadence Bank and 4 mentions for Sprott. Cadence Bank's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Sprott's score of 0.86 indicating that Cadence Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cadence Bank	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SII or CADE?

Cadence Bank received 311 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.38% of users gave Cadence Bank 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%
Cadence Bank	Outperform Votes 323 59.38%	Underperform Votes 221 40.63%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SII or CADE?

Cadence Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Cadence Bank 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	9.47	$41.80M	$1.92	32.60
Cadence Bank	$921.95M	6.15	$523.60M	$2.85	10.91

Do analysts rate SII or CADE?

Cadence Bank has a consensus target price of $36.82, suggesting a potential upside of 18.40%. Given Cadence Bank's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cadence Bank 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
Cadence Bank	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Summary

Cadence Bank beats Sprott on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.