Dividend 15 Split (DFN) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SII or DFN?

21.7% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Dividend 15 Split shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company 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 SII or DFN 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
Sprott	28.20%	15.02%	10.25%
Dividend 15 Split	54.60%	21.91%	-1.35%

Do analysts rate SII or DFN?

Sprott currently has a consensus price target of C$93.33, indicating a potential downside of 19.98%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Dividend 15 Split.

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SII or DFN?

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
Sprott	C$186.32M	16.15	C$32.26M	C$1.94	60.12
Dividend 15 Split	C$363.77M	2.50	C$134.25M	C$2.33	2.92

Which has more risk & volatility, SII or DFN?

Sprott has a beta of 1.181074, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dividend 15 Split has a beta of 1.816617, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SII or DFN a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dividend 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Sprott pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dividend 15 Split pays out 47.2% 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 SII or DFN?

In the previous week, Sprott and Sprott both had 1 articles in the media. Dividend 15 Split's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that Dividend 15 Split is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Dividend 15 Split beats Sprott on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.