BK vs. GCG.A, GCG, UNC, CVG, WED, LBS, CGI, AGF.B, DFN, and SEC
Should you be buying Canadian Banc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Banc include Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian General Investments (CGI), AGF Management (AGF.B), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Senvest Capital (SEC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian Banc vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Guardian Capital Group has a consensus target price of C$52.00, indicating a potential downside of 22.07%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Canadian Banc.
Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Banc pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guardian Capital Group pays out 24.3% 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.
0.1% of Canadian Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Canadian Banc had 3 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Banc and 2 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Canadian Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Banc has a net margin of 59.55% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 24.73%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 21.73% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Canadian Banc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Guardian Capital Group. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Banc has a beta of 0.890412, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.236189, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Canadian Banc on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:BK) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff