Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN) Competitors

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) and Propel (TSE:PRL) are both small-cap credit services industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts prefer AD.UN or PRL?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) currently has a consensus price target of C$25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.14%. Given Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than Propel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Propel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is AD.UN or PRL a better dividend stock?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Propel pays an annual dividend of $0.4560 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Propel pays out 30.8% 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AD.UN or PRL?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Propel. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Propel, 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
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	C$167.03M	5.02	C$209.96M	C$2.89	6.39
Propel	$494.05M	2.51	$32.48M	$1.48	21.52

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AD.UN or PRL?

6.0% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of Propel shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.3% of Propel shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AD.UN or PRL?

In the previous week, Propel had 1 more articles in the media than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Propel and 0 mentions for Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Propel's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Propel is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	Neutral
Propel	Positive

Is AD.UN or PRL more profitable?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 97.33% compared to Propel's net margin of 11.19%. Propel's return on equity of 37.46% beat Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	97.33%	22.20%	9.85%
Propel	11.19%	37.46%	14.93%

Which has more risk & volatility, AD.UN or PRL?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 1.495165, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Propel has a beta of 1.532951, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Propel beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.