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

goeasy (TSE:GSY) and Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) are both credit services industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Is GSY or AD.UN more profitable?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 97.33% compared to goeasy's net margin of 19.49%. goeasy's return on equity of 25.26% beat Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
goeasy	19.49%	25.26%	6.39%
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	97.33%	22.20%	9.85%

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

goeasy has higher revenue and earnings than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than goeasy, 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
goeasy	C$1.60B	1.80	C$277.52M	C$16.61	10.75
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	C$167.03M	5.31	C$209.96M	C$2.89	6.76

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GSY or AD.UN?

17.8% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.0% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of goeasy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GSY or AD.UN a better dividend stock?

goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$5.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. goeasy pays out 31.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 47.1% 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 analysts recommend GSY or AD.UN?

goeasy presently has a consensus target price of C$220.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.16%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a consensus target price of C$25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.57%. Given Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than goeasy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
goeasy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
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

Does the media favor GSY or AD.UN?

In the previous week, goeasy had 7 more articles in the media than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for goeasy and 1 mentions for Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat goeasy's score of 0.15 indicating that Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
goeasy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

goeasy has a beta of 1.163842, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 1.454344, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

goeasy beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.