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Life & Banc Split (LBS) Competitors

C$9.49 -0.01 (-0.11%)
As of 07/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include Sprott (SII), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), AGF Management (AGF.B), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Sprott has a consensus target price of C$83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.29%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Sprott had 2 more articles in the media than Life & Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Life & Banc Split. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Life & Banc Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Life & Banc Split Neutral
Sprott Positive

Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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$84.19M5.28C$37.43MC$0.7911.95
SprottC$114.38M14.79C$32.26MC$2.5736.88

Summary

Sprott beats Life & Banc Split on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LBS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$444.27MC$1.25BC$6.36BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield14.17%4.36%4.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio11.9521.8113.4550.85
Price / Sales5.282,406.251,784.551,194.54
Price / Cash0.5160.8149.2683.29
Price / Book1.311.211.404.69
Net IncomeC$37.43MC$264.68MC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.73%0.37%0.56%2.29%
1 Month Performance1.61%2.46%3.03%4.22%
1 Year Performance26.53%6.26%15.72%26.95%

Life & Banc Split Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.49
-0.1%
N/A+26.5%C$444.27MC$84.19M11.95N/A
SII
Sprott
1.0111 of 5 stars
C$88.98
-0.1%
C$77.00
-13.5%
+63.9%C$1.59BC$114.38M34.68170
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$135.83
+1.3%
N/A+13.1%C$1.53BC$464.39M3.85N/A
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$73.00
+2.2%
N/AN/AC$1.05BC$125.89M12.6347Dividend Announcement
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.2552 of 5 stars
C$41.75
-0.4%
C$45.00
+7.8%
+0.0%C$1.02BC$290.83M9.35600News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
2.908 of 5 stars
C$41.49
+1.7%
C$52.00
+25.3%
-3.7%C$921.91MC$251.52M17.07N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Increase
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.36 of 5 stars
C$13.30
+3.7%
C$13.67
+2.8%
+51.5%C$849.34MC$517.16M10.39652News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Down
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$38.59
+0.5%
N/A+6.3%C$812.03MC$257.78M4.98N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$325.00
+1.6%
N/AN/AC$793.85MC$442.41M3.3832
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.24
+0.8%
N/A+29.6%C$776.49MC$245.88M5.78N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.39
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%C$567.80MC$254.82M3.23N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement

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This page (TSE:LBS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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