GSY vs. CWB, CIX, FN, EQB, TSU, ELF, SII, UNC, GLXY, and LB
Should you be buying goeasy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of goeasy include Canadian Western Bank (CWB), CI Financial (CIX), First National Financial (FN), EQB (EQB), Trisura Group (TSU), E-L Financial (ELF), Sprott (SII), United Co.s (UNC), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), and Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Canadian Western Bank (TSE:CWB) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
goeasy has a net margin of 33.21% compared to goeasy's net margin of 31.97%. Canadian Western Bank's return on equity of 25.77% beat goeasy's return on equity.
Canadian Western Bank has higher revenue and earnings than goeasy. Canadian Western Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than goeasy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Western Bank presently has a consensus price target of C$33.73, indicating a potential upside of 25.85%. goeasy has a consensus price target of C$189.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.73%. Given goeasy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Canadian Western Bank is more favorable than goeasy.
Canadian Western Bank received 111 more outperform votes than goeasy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.10% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 51.41% of users gave Canadian Western Bank an outperform vote.
32.5% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.9% of goeasy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Canadian Western Bank shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of goeasy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, goeasy had 11 more articles in the media than Canadian Western Bank. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for goeasy and 3 mentions for Canadian Western Bank. goeasy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Canadian Western Bank's score of 1.01 indicating that Canadian Western Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Western Bank pays an annual dividend of C$1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Canadian Western Bank pays out 40.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 32.3% 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.
Canadian Western Bank has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
goeasy beats Canadian Western Bank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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