LBS vs. SII, FIH.U, GCG.A, GCG, UNC, CVG, WED, CGI, DFN, and SEC
Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include Sprott (SII), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Senvest Capital (SEC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Life & Banc Split vs. Its Competitors
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Sprott had 4 more articles in the media than Life & Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Life & Banc Split. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Life & Banc Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sprott has a beta of 1.056948, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of -0.574715, meaning that its stock price is 157% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott currently has a consensus price target of C$93.33, suggesting a potential downside of 7.20%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Life & Banc Split.
Life & Banc Split has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Life & Banc Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Life & Banc Split has a net margin of 44.46% compared to Sprott's net margin of 28.20%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Life & Banc Split's return on equity.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.2%. Sprott pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Life & Banc Split pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Life & Banc Split is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
21.6% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Life & Banc Split shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Sprott beats Life & Banc Split on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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:LBS) was last updated on 9/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
