ECN Capital (ECN) Competitors

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

Is ECN or FN a better dividend stock?

ECN Capital pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. First National Financial pays an annual dividend of C$2.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. ECN Capital pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First National Financial pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ECN or FN?

ECN Capital received 90 more outperform votes than First National Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.53% of users gave ECN Capital an outperform vote while only 43.73% of users gave First National Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ECN Capital	Outperform Votes 320 66.53%	Underperform Votes 161 33.47%
First National Financial	Outperform Votes 230 43.73%	Underperform Votes 296 56.27%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ECN or FN?

48.2% of ECN Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.0% of First National Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of ECN Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.5% of First National Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer ECN or FN?

ECN Capital presently has a consensus target price of C$2.96, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. First National Financial has a consensus target price of C$41.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.32%. Given ECN Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ECN Capital is more favorable than First National Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ECN Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
First National Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ECN or FN?

First National Financial has higher revenue and earnings than ECN Capital. ECN Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First National Financial, 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
ECN Capital	C$131.39M	4.17	-C$32.06M	-C$0.22	-12.20
First National Financial	C$1.73B	1.32	C$185.07M	C$3.07	12.33

Which has more volatility and risk, ECN or FN?

ECN Capital has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First National Financial has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ECN or FN more profitable?

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
ECN Capital	-24.40%	-21.93%	-4.85%
First National Financial	10.70%	24.41%	0.48%

Does the media refer more to ECN or FN?

In the previous week, First National Financial had 1 more articles in the media than ECN Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for First National Financial and 0 mentions for ECN Capital. First National Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat ECN Capital's score of -1.00 indicating that First National Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ECN Capital	Negative
First National Financial	Positive

Summary

First National Financial beats ECN Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.