FTN vs. SII, FIH.U, UNC, CVG, GCG.A, SEC, CGI, FSZ, DFN, and AGF.B
Should you be buying Financial 15 Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Financial 15 Split include Sprott (SII), Fairfax India (FIH.U), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Fiera Capital (FSZ), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Financial 15 Split (TSE:FTN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.
Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Financial 15 Split. Financial 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.
Sprott has a net margin of 26.79% compared to Sprott's net margin of 0.00%. Financial 15 Split's return on equity of 14.92% beat Sprott's return on equity.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Financial 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.9%. Sprott pays out 56.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Financial 15 Split pays out -151.0% 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. Financial 15 Split is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than Financial 15 Split. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 1 mentions for Financial 15 Split. Financial 15 Split's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sprott has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Financial 15 Split has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott received 195 more outperform votes than Financial 15 Split when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.85% of users gave Financial 15 Split an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
37.9% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 18.2% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprott currently has a consensus target price of C$64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Financial 15 Split's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Financial 15 Split.
Summary
Sprott beats Financial 15 Split on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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