Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB) Competitors

Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) and Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (TSE:PSA) are both trading companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Do analysts recommend LB or PSA?

Laurentian Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$30.43, suggesting a potential downside of 1.21%. Given Laurentian Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Laurentian Bank of Canada is more favorable than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Laurentian Bank of Canada	3 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.57
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LB or PSA more profitable?

Purpose High Interest Savings Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Laurentian Bank of Canada's net margin of -0.30%. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Laurentian Bank of Canada	-0.30%	-0.20%	-0.03%
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer LB or PSA?

In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 10 more articles in the media than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 1 mentions for Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's score of 0.01 indicating that Purpose High Interest Savings Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Laurentian Bank of Canada	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LB or PSA?

26.9% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, LB or PSA?

Purpose High Interest Savings Fund has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Laurentian Bank of Canada.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Laurentian Bank of Canada	C$1.83B	0.74	-C$5.52M	-C$0.13	-245.65
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Laurentian Bank of Canada beats Purpose High Interest Savings Fund on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.