FC vs. ECN, AI, MKP, TF, FTN, VBNK, LBS, BK, OLY, and AIM
Should you be buying Firm Capital Mortgage Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment include ECN Capital (ECN), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Financial 15 Split (FTN), VersaBank (VBNK), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), and Aimia (AIM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
ECN Capital (TSE:ECN) and Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (TSE:FC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
ECN Capital has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ECN Capital pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays an annual dividend of C$0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. ECN Capital pays out -6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment pays out 95.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, ECN Capital and ECN Capital both had 1 articles in the media. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat ECN Capital's score of 1.00 indicating that ECN Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has a net margin of 73.49% compared to Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's net margin of -134.34%. ECN Capital's return on equity of 8.56% beat Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's return on equity.
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ECN Capital. ECN Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ECN Capital presently has a consensus price target of C$2.45, suggesting a potential upside of 42.44%. Firm Capital Mortgage Investment has a consensus price target of C$13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Given Firm Capital Mortgage Investment's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ECN Capital is more favorable than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment.
49.3% of ECN Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 18.4% of ECN Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ECN Capital received 180 more outperform votes than Firm Capital Mortgage Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.87% of users gave ECN Capital an outperform vote while only 62.05% of users gave Firm Capital Mortgage Investment an outperform vote.
Summary
ECN Capital and Firm Capital Mortgage Investment tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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