Dividend 15 Split (DFN) Competitors

Dividend 15 Split (TSE:DFN) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.

Is DFN or SII more profitable?

Dividend 15 Split has a net margin of 54.60% compared to Sprott's net margin of 28.20%. Dividend 15 Split's return on equity of 21.91% beat Sprott's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dividend 15 Split	54.60%	21.91%	-1.35%
Sprott	28.20%	15.02%	10.25%

Is DFN or SII a better dividend stock?

Dividend 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.4%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Dividend 15 Split pays out 47.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 59.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer DFN or SII?

In the previous week, Dividend 15 Split and Dividend 15 Split both had 2 articles in the media. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Dividend 15 Split's score of 0.57 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dividend 15 Split	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sprott	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DFN or SII?

0.2% of Dividend 15 Split shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DFN or SII?

Dividend 15 Split has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Dividend 15 Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Dividend 15 Split	C$363.77M	2.47	C$134.25M	C$2.33	2.88
Sprott	C$186.32M	13.93	C$32.26M	C$1.94	51.84

Which has more volatility & risk, DFN or SII?

Dividend 15 Split has a beta of -0.136658, indicating that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.056948, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DFN or SII?

Sprott has a consensus price target of C$93.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.20%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Dividend 15 Split.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dividend 15 Split	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

Sprott beats Dividend 15 Split on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.