Sprott (SII) Competitors

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

Is SII or SFBS a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ServisFirst Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Sprott pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ServisFirst Bancshares pays out 30.5% 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.

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

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of ServisFirst Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer SII or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares has a consensus price target of $87.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. Given ServisFirst Bancshares' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ServisFirst Bancshares 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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
ServisFirst Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer SII or SFBS?

In the previous week, ServisFirst Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ServisFirst Bancshares and 5 mentions for Sprott. ServisFirst Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Sprott's score of 0.88 indicating that ServisFirst Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ServisFirst Bancshares	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SII or SFBS more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to ServisFirst Bancshares' net margin of 23.16%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat ServisFirst Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
ServisFirst Bancshares	23.16%	14.81%	1.39%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SII or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. ServisFirst Bancshares 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	$168.35M	8.05	$41.80M	$1.90	27.65
ServisFirst Bancshares	$498.18M	7.81	$227.24M	$4.40	16.19

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SII or SFBS?

ServisFirst Bancshares received 218 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.64% of users gave ServisFirst Bancshares 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%
ServisFirst Bancshares	Outperform Votes 230 57.64%	Underperform Votes 169 42.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, SII or SFBS?

Sprott has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ServisFirst Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sprott beats ServisFirst Bancshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.