Dundee (DC.A) Competitors

AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Dundee (TSE:DC.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGF.B or DC.A more profitable?

Dundee has a net margin of 478.33% compared to AGF Management's net margin of 16.58%. Dundee's return on equity of 9.20% beat AGF Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGF Management	16.58%	7.64%	5.20%
Dundee	478.33%	9.20%	-2.18%

Does the media prefer AGF.B or DC.A?

In the previous week, AGF Management had 3 more articles in the media than Dundee. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AGF Management and 2 mentions for Dundee. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Dundee's score of 0.61 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGF Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Dundee	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management received 99 more outperform votes than Dundee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave Dundee an outperform vote while only 36.22% of users gave AGF Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGF Management	Outperform Votes 184 36.22%	Underperform Votes 324 63.78%
Dundee	Outperform Votes 85 67.46%	Underperform Votes 41 32.54%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AGF.B or DC.A?

12.9% of AGF Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Dundee shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Dundee shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AGF.B or DC.A a better dividend stock?

AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Dundee pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. AGF Management pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dundee pays out 32.4% 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. Dundee is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management presently has a consensus price target of C$12.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.53%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Dundee.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGF Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Dundee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management has higher revenue and earnings than Dundee. Dundee is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGF Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AGF Management	C$517.16M	1.38	C$85.73M	C$1.28	8.73
Dundee	C$6.44M	29.59	C$30.73M	C$0.34	6.50

Summary

AGF Management beats Dundee on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.