AIM vs. SBC, OLY, BK, GDV, GCG, DF, LBS, FAP, FTN, and DFN
Should you be buying Aimia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aimia include Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Canadian Banc (BK), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (DF), Life & Banc Split (LBS), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Brompton Split Banc (TSE:SBC) and Aimia (TSE:AIM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
Brompton Split Banc has a net margin of 40.33% compared to Brompton Split Banc's net margin of -108.69%. Aimia's return on equity of 7.94% beat Brompton Split Banc's return on equity.
Aimia has a consensus price target of C$4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 80.85%. Given Brompton Split Banc's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Aimia is more favorable than Brompton Split Banc.
Aimia received 319 more outperform votes than Brompton Split Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Brompton Split Banc an outperform vote while only 54.11% of users gave Aimia an outperform vote.
Brompton Split Banc has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aimia has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Brompton Split Banc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aimia. Aimia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brompton Split Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Brompton Split Banc had 3 more articles in the media than Aimia. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Brompton Split Banc and 2 mentions for Aimia. Aimia's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Brompton Split Banc's score of -0.46 indicating that Brompton Split Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
33.0% of Aimia shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Aimia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Brompton Split Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Aimia pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 34.0%. Brompton Split Banc pays out 173.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aimia pays out -44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aimia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Brompton Split Banc beats Aimia on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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