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

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) and BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (TSE:ZBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the media favor AD.UN or ZBK?

In the previous week, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) and Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) both had 1 articles in the media. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF's score of 0.00 indicating that Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AD.UN or ZBK?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has higher revenue and earnings than BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	C$241.25M	2.95	C$138.45M	C$2.93	5.34
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is AD.UN or ZBK more profitable?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 57.39% compared to BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF's net margin of 0.00%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity of 14.89% beat BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	57.39%	14.89%	8.89%
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AD.UN or ZBK?

6.3% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AD.UN or ZBK 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 8.7%. BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 46.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AD.UN or ZBK?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 428 more outperform votes than BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.87% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	Outperform Votes 450 70.87%	Underperform Votes 185 29.13%
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	Outperform Votes 22 66.67%	Underperform Votes 11 33.33%

Do analysts recommend AD.UN or ZBK?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) currently has a consensus price target of C$20.70, indicating a potential upside of 32.35%. Given Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) beats BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.