DF vs. GCG, GDV, FAP, SBC, URB, LFE, AIM, OLY, BK, and LBS
Should you be buying Dividend 15 Split Corp. II stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dividend 15 Split Corp. II include Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Urbana (URB), Canadian Life Companies Split (LFE), Aimia (AIM), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Canadian Banc (BK), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (TSE:DF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Guardian Capital Group received 166 more outperform votes than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Dividend 15 Split Corp. II an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II 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.
In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group and 0 mentions for Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
26.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.7%. Guardian Capital Group pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II pays out -400.0% 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. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Guardian Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of C$53.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 233.40% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 0.00%. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's return on equity of 10.09% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Dividend 15 Split Corp. II on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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