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Life & Banc Split (LBS) Competitors

C$10.40 +0.07 (+0.68%)
As of 03:51 PM Eastern

LBS vs. SII, FIH.U, GCG.A, GCG, UNC, CVG, WED, CGI, SEC, and DFN

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), Senvest Capital (SEC), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.5%. Sprott pays out 59.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Life & Banc Split pays out 32.3% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SprottC$186.32M13.37C$32.26MC$1.9449.78
Life & Banc SplitC$204.88M4.72C$37.43MC$3.722.80

In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than Life & Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Life & Banc Split. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Life & Banc Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sprott Positive
Life & Banc Split Neutral

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprott28.20% 15.02% 10.25%
Life & Banc Split 44.46%10.96%4.91%

Sprott has a beta of 1.056948, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of -0.574715, indicating that its stock price is 157% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sprott presently has a consensus target price of C$88.33, indicating a potential downside of 8.53%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Life & Banc Split.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sprott
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Life & Banc Split
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

21.7% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Life & Banc Split shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned 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 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LBS vs. The Competition

MetricLife & Banc SplitAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$966.81MC$1.43BC$6.36BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield11.76%4.60%4.32%6.51%
P/E Ratio2.804,757.631,776.4025.78
Price / Sales4.721,961.841,355.229.44
Price / Cash0.5160.62127.5183.29
Price / Book1.431.362.065.53
Net IncomeC$37.43MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.28%12.73%6.79%1.41%
1 Month Performance8.33%13.56%7.88%8.46%
1 Year Performance30.49%9.21%31.46%36.29%

Life & Banc Split Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$10.40
+0.7%
N/A+30.9%C$966.81MC$204.88M2.80N/A
SII
Sprott
1.079 of 5 stars
C$93.73
+3.6%
C$88.33
-5.8%
+76.8%C$2.42BC$186.32M48.31170High Trading Volume
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$17.93
-3.0%
N/A+24.3%C$2.42BC$142.60M36.5912News Coverage
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
0.79 of 5 stars
C$66.76
-0.2%
C$52.00
-22.1%
+67.6%C$1.64BC$397.58M10.80N/AHigh Trading Volume
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
0.8764 of 5 stars
C$66.68
-0.8%
C$45.00
-32.5%
+63.4%C$1.64BC$397.58M10.79600High Trading Volume
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$14.20
-1.2%
N/A-88.2%C$1.60BC$285.60M6.51N/A
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$69.67
-0.4%
N/AN/AC$986.95MC$173.09M8.3447High Trading Volume
WED
Westaim
0.0655 of 5 stars
C$27.50
-0.8%
C$7.75
-71.8%
+629.7%C$922.68MC$42.11M-20.833,240News Coverage
Positive News
CGI
Canadian General Investments
1.5963 of 5 stars
C$42.50
+0.4%
C$175.00
+311.8%
+19.0%C$886.59MC$191.19M4.76N/ANews Coverage
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$360.00
-1.1%
N/AN/AC$874.80MC$766.36M5.1832
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.53
-0.2%
N/A+21.7%C$814.45MC$470.01M2.00N/ANews Coverage

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