BK vs. SII, CVG, GCG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, and LBS
Should you be buying Canadian Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Banc include Sprott (SII), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian Banc vs. Its Competitors
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Canadian Banc had 2 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Canadian Banc and 1 mentions for Sprott. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sprott has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Banc pays out 80.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Sprott presently has a consensus target price of C$88.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.86%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Canadian Banc.
Canadian Banc has a net margin of 59.55% compared to Sprott's net margin of 28.20%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 21.73% beat Sprott's return on equity.
Summary
Sprott beats Canadian Banc on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BK) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff