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ECN Capital (ECN) Competitors

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C$2.80 +0.03 (+1.08%)
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ECN vs. FN, HCG, MKP, TF, AI, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, and SII

Should you be buying ECN Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECN Capital include First National Financial (FN), Home Capital Group (HCG), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Terra Firma Capital (TII), Builders Capital Mortgage (BCF), Findev (FDI), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

ECN Capital vs. Its Competitors

First National Financial (TSE:FN) and ECN Capital (TSE:ECN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

4.6% of First National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.7% of ECN Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 71.5% of First National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of ECN Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. ECN Capital pays an annual dividend of C$0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. First National Financial pays out 80.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ECN Capital pays out 105.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. First National Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, ECN Capital had 1 more articles in the media than First National Financial. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for ECN Capital and 0 mentions for First National Financial. First National Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat ECN Capital's score of 0.20 indicating that First National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
First National Financial Positive
ECN Capital Neutral

First National Financial has a beta of 0.644952, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ECN Capital has a beta of 1.218471, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

First National Financial has a net margin of 10.70% compared to ECN Capital's net margin of -24.40%. First National Financial's return on equity of 24.41% beat ECN Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First National Financial10.70% 24.41% 0.48%
ECN Capital -24.40%-21.93%-4.85%

First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ECN Capital. First National Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ECN Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First National FinancialC$602.36M4.78C$185.07MC$3.0715.63
ECN CapitalC$230.75M3.42-C$32.06MC$0.03103.12

First National Financial currently has a consensus target price of C$45.40, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. ECN Capital has a consensus target price of C$3.38, indicating a potential upside of 20.54%. Given ECN Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ECN Capital is more favorable than First National Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First National Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
ECN Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

First National Financial beats ECN Capital on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ECN vs. The Competition

MetricECN CapitalMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$779.70MC$792.68MC$6.50BC$9.69B
Dividend Yield1.44%6.54%4.31%6.48%
P/E Ratio103.12168.311,345.5527.05
Price / Sales3.4270.551,452.3611.01
Price / Cash33.2126.19127.6483.29
Price / Book3.651.853.535.83
Net Income-C$32.06MC$78.23MC$1.22BC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A0.85%1.14%2.62%
1 Month Performance-4.76%7.45%7.09%8.44%
1 Year Performance29.63%29.44%39.97%56.48%

ECN Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECN
ECN Capital
2.7656 of 5 stars
C$2.80
+1.1%
C$3.38
+20.5%
+30.0%C$779.70MC$230.75M103.12620
FN
First National Financial
1.8788 of 5 stars
C$47.95
+0.2%
C$45.40
-5.3%
+23.6%C$2.88BC$602.36M15.621,772
HCG
Home Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.69BC$512.55M9.88836
MKP
MCAN Mortgage
1.1808 of 5 stars
C$21.69
+0.3%
C$19.00
-12.4%
+19.2%C$860.03MC$129.41M11.85142
TF
Timbercreek Financial
N/AC$7.48
-1.1%
C$8.08
+8.1%
-8.5%C$618.99MC$156.02M14.11N/A
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
2.1009 of 5 stars
C$11.67
-0.5%
C$12.98
+11.2%
+2.5%C$555.81MC$58.78M11.22700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
N/AC$12.26
+0.1%
N/A+6.2%C$450.40MC$53.99M11.941,150
TII
Terra Firma Capital
N/AC$7.25
-0.5%
N/A+0.0%C$40.46MC$5.09M22.6633,000
BCF
Builders Capital Mortgage
1.7711 of 5 stars
C$9.33
+0.3%
C$10.93
+17.1%
+3.4%C$29.30MC$4.51M8.33N/A
FDI
Findev
N/AC$0.41
+3.8%
N/A+2.4%C$11.75MC$411.03K50.62N/A
SII
Sprott
1.277 of 5 stars
C$115.67
-0.4%
C$93.33
-19.3%
+101.3%C$2.98BC$186.32M59.62170

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This page (TSE:ECN) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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