Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB) Competitors

Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) and Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (TSE:PSA) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	0.67	-C$5.52M	-C$0.13	-223.08
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 MarketBeat Community believe in LB or PSA?

Laurentian Bank of Canada received 365 more outperform votes than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 365 40.65%	Underperform Votes 533 59.35%
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to LB or PSA?

In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 5 more articles in the media than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 0 mentions for Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's score of -0.07 indicating that Purpose High Interest Savings Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Neutral
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	Neutral

Do analysts recommend LB or PSA?

Laurentian Bank of Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$27.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.23%. Given Laurentian Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in LB or PSA?

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

Summary

Laurentian Bank of Canada beats Purpose High Interest Savings Fund on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.