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Life & Banc Split (LBS) Competitors

C$9.42 -0.25 (-2.59%)
As of 08/1/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

LBS vs. SII, GCG, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, and GS

Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Life & Banc Split vs. Its Competitors

Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Life & Banc Split has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Life & Banc SplitC$84.19M5.24C$37.43MC$0.7911.87
SprottC$114.38M14.36C$32.26MC$2.5735.81

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
Life & Banc Split44.46% 10.96% 4.91%
Sprott 28.20%15.02%10.25%

41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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. Life & Banc Split's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sprott'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Life & Banc Split Neutral
Sprott Neutral

Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sprott has a consensus target price of C$88.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.86%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Life & Banc Split.

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

Summary

Sprott beats Life & Banc Split on 14 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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LBS vs. The Competition

MetricLife & Banc SplitAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$440.99MC$1.29BC$6.31BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield14.17%4.40%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio11.8722.3714.0463.43
Price / Sales5.242,540.331,848.521,250.99
Price / Cash0.5160.70127.5383.29
Price / Book1.301.452.244.87
Net IncomeC$37.43MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-4.17%-0.46%6.06%-2.26%
1 Month Performance-0.63%0.52%1.81%0.80%
1 Year Performance27.13%6.39%19.31%26.62%

Life & Banc Split Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.42
-2.6%
N/A+24.6%C$440.99MC$84.19M11.87N/A
SII
Sprott
0.5438 of 5 stars
C$95.50
+0.8%
C$88.33
-7.5%
+53.7%C$1.71BC$114.38M37.22170
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.2746 of 5 stars
C$43.26
flat
C$45.00
+4.0%
-0.4%C$1.06BC$290.83M9.69600News Coverage
Gap Up
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$73.15
-0.5%
N/A+7.1%C$1.05BC$125.89M12.6547News Coverage
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.382 of 5 stars
C$42.15
0.0%
C$52.00
+23.4%
-7.9%C$936.57MC$251.52M17.35N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
CGI
Canadian General Investments
2.5539 of 5 stars
C$40.70
-0.4%
N/A+1.7%C$856.43MC$257.78M5.25N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$347.77
flat
N/AN/AC$849.47MC$442.41M3.6232
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.58
+0.3%
N/A+27.2%C$818.80MC$245.88M6.10N/ADividend Announcement
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.9737 of 5 stars
C$12.27
-1.6%
C$13.83
+12.7%
+48.0%C$783.56MC$517.16M9.59652
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$10.08
+0.3%
N/A+17.8%C$609.52MC$254.82M3.47N/ADividend Announcement
GS
Gluskin Sheff + Associates
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$444.64MC$113.89M17.5848,500

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This page (TSE:LBS) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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