INC.UN vs. ECF.UN, PTF, WI, FAP, GMN, HYI, IAM, NIF.UN, LFE, and M
Should you be buying Income Financial Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Income Financial Trust include East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt (ECF.UN), Pender Growth Fund (PTF), Western Investment Company of Canada (WI), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), GobiMin (GMN), Horizons Active High Yield Bond ETF Common (HYI), Integrated Asset Management (IAM), Noranda Income Fund (NIF.UN), Canadian Life Companies Split (LFE), and Mosaic Capital (M). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Income Financial Trust vs. Its Competitors
Income Financial Trust (TSE:INC.UN) and East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt (TSE:ECF.UN) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Income Financial Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.48 per share. Income Financial Trust pays out 55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Income Financial Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt'saverage media sentiment score.
Income Financial Trust has higher revenue and earnings than East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt.
Income Financial Trust has a net margin of 91.79% compared to East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt's net margin of 0.00%. Income Financial Trust's return on equity of 19.88% beat East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt's return on equity.
0.1% of Income Financial Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Income Financial Trust beats East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt on 6 of the 7 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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This page (TSE:INC.UN) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff