CF vs. UNC, DRM, GCG.A, CVG, SII, SEC, ECN, DFN, AD.UN, and LB
Should you be buying Canaccord Genuity Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canaccord Genuity Group include United Co.s (UNC), Dream Unlimited (DRM), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Clairvest Group (CVG), Sprott (SII), Senvest Capital (SEC), ECN Capital (ECN), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), and Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Canaccord Genuity Group vs.
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
14.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 78.8% of United Co.s shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canaccord Genuity Group has higher revenue and earnings than United Co.s. Canaccord Genuity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Co.s, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Canaccord Genuity Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. United Co.s pays out -4.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canaccord Genuity Group pays out -61.8% 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. Canaccord Genuity Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Co.s has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canaccord Genuity Group received 248 more outperform votes than United Co.s when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave United Co.s an outperform vote while only 53.95% of users gave Canaccord Genuity Group an outperform vote.
Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus price target of C$11.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.75%. Given Canaccord Genuity Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Canaccord Genuity Group is more favorable than United Co.s.
United Co.s has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Canaccord Genuity Group's net margin of -1.73%. Canaccord Genuity Group's return on equity of 0.78% beat United Co.s' return on equity.
In the previous week, United Co.s had 9 more articles in the media than Canaccord Genuity Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for United Co.s and 2 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group. Canaccord Genuity Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat United Co.s' score of 0.07 indicating that Canaccord Genuity Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Canaccord Genuity Group beats United Co.s on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Canaccord Genuity Group Competitors List
