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
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprott has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more 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, 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 0.53 beat Life & Banc Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Life & Banc Split has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Sprott presently has a consensus price target of C$88.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.21%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Life & Banc Split.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. Sprott pays out 52.6% 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
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
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:LBS) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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