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ECN Capital (ECN) Competitors

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C$2.82 -0.02 (-0.70%)
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ECN vs. HCG, MKP, TF, AI, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, FN, and TSU

Should you be buying ECN Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECN Capital include 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), First National Financial (FN), and Trisura Group (TSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.

ECN Capital vs. Its Competitors

ECN Capital (TSE:ECN) and Home Capital Group (TSE:HCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, ECN Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Home Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
ECN Capital Neutral
Home Capital Group Neutral

ECN Capital pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Home Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. ECN Capital pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Capital Group pays out 13.4% 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. ECN Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

ECN Capital has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Capital Group has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ECN CapitalC$131.39M4.31-C$32.06M-C$0.22-12.60
Home Capital GroupC$512.55M0.00C$174.16MC$4.48N/A

Home Capital Group has a net margin of 33.98% compared to ECN Capital's net margin of -24.40%. Home Capital Group's return on equity of 10.77% beat ECN Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ECN Capital-24.40% -21.93% -4.85%
Home Capital Group 33.98%10.77%0.77%

ECN Capital currently has a consensus target price of C$2.96, indicating a potential upside of 5.05%. Given ECN Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ECN Capital is more favorable than Home Capital Group.

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
Home Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

48.2% of ECN Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Home Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 18.3% of ECN Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Home Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Home Capital Group beats ECN Capital on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ECN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ECN vs. The Competition

MetricECN CapitalMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$565.92MC$763.30MC$6.46BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield1.68%7.03%4.18%6.72%
P/E Ratio-12.609.1413.6054.14
Price / Sales4.3164.291,763.301,193.64
Price / Cash33.2126.1948.9183.29
Price / Book3.681.933.194.73
Net Income-C$32.06MC$78.23MC$1.25BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.06%0.30%0.61%2.03%
1 Month Performance5.62%3.26%3.47%4.55%
1 Year Performance64.91%19.36%15.45%26.11%

ECN Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ECN
ECN Capital
0.7905 of 5 stars
C$2.82
-0.7%
C$2.96
+5.1%
+65.1%C$565.92MC$131.39M-12.60620
HCG
Home Capital Group
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.69BC$512.55M9.88836
MKP
MCAN Mortgage
1.4907 of 5 stars
C$19.12
-0.8%
C$19.00
-0.6%
+20.0%C$745.00MC$173.49M8.15142News Coverage
Positive News
TF
Timbercreek Financial
1.1151 of 5 stars
C$7.56
+0.4%
C$8.00
+5.8%
+5.8%C$623.86MC$168.21M10.62N/ADividend Announcement
AI
Atrium Mortgage Investment
1.2067 of 5 stars
C$11.49
-0.3%
C$12.78
+11.2%
+3.5%C$544.95MC$78.44M10.91700
FC
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
N/AC$12.26
-1.0%
N/A+11.3%C$452.62MC$72.77M12.821,150
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
N/AC$9.10
+1.1%
C$10.20
+12.1%
+14.2%C$20.48MN/A8.75N/AGap Up
FDI
Findev
N/AC$0.45
flat
N/A+3.6%C$12.89MC$3.61M6.43N/A
FN
First National Financial
1.9023 of 5 stars
C$40.72
+0.4%
C$41.00
+0.7%
+15.6%C$2.45BC$1.73B13.261,772
TSU
Trisura Group
1.828 of 5 stars
C$42.69
+0.9%
C$52.00
+21.8%
+4.8%C$2.04BC$2.97B18.359,700Positive News

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This page (TSE:ECN) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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