GDV vs. FTN, BK, GS, OLY, DC.A, URB, XLY, AIM, SBC, and PBY.UN
Should you be buying Global Dividend Growth Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Dividend Growth Split include Financial 15 Split (FTN), Canadian Banc (BK), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Dundee (DC.A), Urbana (URB), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Aimia (AIM), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Global Dividend Growth Split vs. Its Competitors
Financial 15 Split (TSE:FTN) and Global Dividend Growth Split (TSE:GDV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Financial 15 Split had 1 more articles in the media than Global Dividend Growth Split. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Financial 15 Split and 0 mentions for Global Dividend Growth Split. Financial 15 Split's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Global Dividend Growth Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Financial 15 Split is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.2% of Financial 15 Split shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Global Dividend Growth Split shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Global Dividend Growth Split has a net margin of 532.15% compared to Financial 15 Split's net margin of 69.73%. Financial 15 Split's return on equity of 39.96% beat Global Dividend Growth Split's return on equity.
Financial 15 Split has a beta of 1.640372, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Dividend Growth Split has a beta of 1.013505, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Financial 15 Split has higher revenue and earnings than Global Dividend Growth Split. Global Dividend Growth Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Financial 15 Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Financial 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. Global Dividend Growth Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Financial 15 Split pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Dividend Growth Split pays out 31.1% 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.
Summary
Financial 15 Split beats Global Dividend Growth Split on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GDV) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff