Income Financial Trust (INC.UN) Competitors

Income Financial Trust (TSE:INC.UN) and Precious Metals And Mng Unt (TSE:MMP.UN) are both small-cap finance 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, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is INC.UN or MMP.UN more profitable?

Precious Metals And Mng Unt has a net margin of 87.49% compared to Income Financial Trust's net margin of 69.53%. Precious Metals And Mng Unt's return on equity of 17.34% beat Income Financial Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Income Financial Trust	69.53%	4.69%	3.11%
Precious Metals And Mng Unt	87.49%	17.34%	10.76%

Do analysts rate INC.UN or MMP.UN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Income Financial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Precious Metals And Mng Unt	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher earnings and valuation, INC.UN or MMP.UN?

Precious Metals And Mng Unt has higher revenue and earnings than Income Financial Trust. Precious Metals And Mng Unt is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Income Financial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Income Financial Trust	C$1.61M	15.52	C$1.12M	C$0.34	21.94
Precious Metals And Mng Unt	C$4.91M	3.90	C$4.29M	C$0.35	4.71

Does the media prefer INC.UN or MMP.UN?

In the previous week, Income Financial Trust and Income Financial Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Income Financial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Precious Metals And Mng Unt's score of 0.00 indicating that Income Financial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Income Financial Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Precious Metals And Mng Unt	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is INC.UN or MMP.UN a better dividend stock?

Income Financial Trust pays an annual dividend of C$0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.7%. Precious Metals And Mng Unt pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Income Financial Trust pays out 255.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Precious Metals And Mng Unt pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer INC.UN or MMP.UN?

Precious Metals And Mng Unt received 5 more outperform votes than Income Financial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.65% of users gave Precious Metals And Mng Unt an outperform vote while only 68.97% of users gave Income Financial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Income Financial Trust	Outperform Votes 80 68.97%	Underperform Votes 36 31.03%
Precious Metals And Mng Unt	Outperform Votes 85 72.65%	Underperform Votes 32 27.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, INC.UN or MMP.UN?

Income Financial Trust has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Precious Metals And Mng Unt has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Precious Metals And Mng Unt beats Income Financial Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.