DC.A vs. AGF.B, SVC, GS, ARR, OSI, STEP, REG, VRE, SBC, and AHR
Should you be buying Dundee stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dundee include AGF Management (AGF.B), Sandvine (SVC), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Osino Resources (OSI), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Regulus Resources (REG), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and Amarc Resources (AHR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Dundee vs. Its Competitors
AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Dundee (TSE:DC.A) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.
AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Dundee pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.
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.
AGF Management presently has a consensus target price of C$13.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.67%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Dundee.
In the previous week, AGF Management had 11 more articles in the media than Dundee. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AGF Management and 1 mentions for Dundee. Dundee's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat AGF Management's score of 0.03 indicating that Dundee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
12.9% of AGF Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Dundee shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Dundee shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
AGF Management beats Dundee on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:DC.A) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
