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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Which has better valuation and earnings, 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	8.75
Dundee	C$6.44M	28.25	C$30.73M	C$0.34	6.21

Do analysts recommend AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management currently has a consensus target price of C$12.46, indicating a potential upside of 11.24%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of AGF.B or DC.A?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Dundee shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

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 5.2%. 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.

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

In the previous week, Dundee had 1 more articles in the media than AGF Management. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Dundee and 0 mentions for AGF Management. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Dundee's score of 0.00 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AGF Management	Positive
Dundee	Neutral

Summary

AGF Management beats Dundee on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.