LBS vs. UNC, SII, GCG, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, AGF.B, DFN, and FTN
Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include United Co.s (UNC), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Life & Banc Split vs.
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
United Co.s has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Co.s had 9 more articles in the media than Life & Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for United Co.s and 0 mentions for Life & Banc Split. Life & Banc Split's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat United Co.s' score of 0.28 indicating that Life & Banc Split is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Life & Banc Split received 16 more outperform votes than United Co.s when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave United Co.s an outperform vote while only 68.09% of users gave Life & Banc Split an outperform vote.
United Co.s has a net margin of 85.56% compared to Life & Banc Split's net margin of 44.46%. United Co.s' return on equity of 17.19% beat Life & Banc Split's return on equity.
United Co.s has higher revenue and earnings than Life & Banc Split. United Co.s is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life & Banc Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. United Co.s pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Life & Banc Split pays out 151.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
United Co.s beats Life & Banc Split on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:LBS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
