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Life & Banc Split (LBS) Competitors

C$9.54 +0.04 (+0.42%)
As of 07/8/2025 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

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SprottC$114.38M14.62C$32.26MC$2.5736.47
Life & Banc SplitC$84.19M5.30C$37.43MC$0.7912.02

Sprott presently has a consensus price target of C$83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.32%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Life & Banc Split
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. 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.

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 0.55 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%

Summary

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

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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$446.61MC$1.24BC$6.15BC$6.17B
Dividend Yield14.17%4.39%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio12.0221.9513.0756.52
Price / Sales5.302,366.791,745.091,068.65
Price / Cash0.5160.81128.3283.29
Price / Book1.311.211.924.66
Net IncomeC$37.43MC$263.98MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.63%0.34%0.67%0.66%
1 Month Performance2.47%2.56%3.03%3.50%
1 Year Performance27.20%6.51%15.48%27.52%

Life & Banc Split Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.54
+0.4%
N/A+27.2%C$446.61MC$84.19M12.02N/A
SII
Sprott
0.8586 of 5 stars
C$94.13
+2.3%
C$83.00
-11.8%
+61.7%C$1.68BC$114.38M36.68170
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$135.70
flat
N/A+12.8%C$1.53BC$464.39M3.84N/A
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$77.50
-1.0%
N/AN/AC$1.12BC$125.89M13.4147Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.2093 of 5 stars
C$41.75
flat
C$45.00
+7.8%
N/AC$1.02BC$290.83M9.35600Dividend Announcement
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
2.8955 of 5 stars
C$43.25
+3.6%
C$52.00
+20.2%
-4.2%C$961.02MC$251.52M17.80N/ADividend Increase
AGF.B
AGF Management
3.317 of 5 stars
C$13.22
flat
C$13.83
+4.6%
+51.6%C$844.23MC$517.16M10.33652
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$39.00
-0.1%
N/A+5.2%C$820.66MC$257.78M5.03N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$331.00
-0.8%
N/AN/AC$808.51MC$442.41M3.4432
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.26
-0.6%
N/A+31.2%C$778.98MC$245.88M5.80N/A
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.54
-0.6%
N/A+19.3%C$576.87MC$254.82M3.28N/A

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This page (TSE:LBS) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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