Olympia Financial Group (OLY) Competitors

Olympia Financial Group (TSE:OLY) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OLY or GCG?

Guardian Capital Group received 104 more outperform votes than Olympia Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Olympia Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olympia Financial Group	Outperform Votes 67 56.78%	Underperform Votes 51 43.22%
Guardian Capital Group	Outperform Votes 171 59.17%	Underperform Votes 118 40.83%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in OLY or GCG?

1.2% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor OLY or GCG?

In the previous week, Olympia Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Olympia Financial Group and 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Olympia Financial Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Olympia Financial Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Guardian Capital Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend OLY or GCG?

Olympia Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of C$147.91, indicating a potential upside of 36.98%. Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$45.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given Olympia Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Olympia Financial Group is more favorable than Guardian Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olympia Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Guardian Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OLY or GCG?

Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Olympia Financial Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympia Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Olympia Financial Group	C$102.64M	2.53	C$24.45M	C$10.16	10.63
Guardian Capital Group	C$290.83M	3.57	C$108.81M	C$4.46	9.51

Is OLY or GCG a better dividend stock?

Olympia Financial Group pays an annual dividend of C$7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Olympia Financial Group pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guardian Capital Group pays out 33.2% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, OLY or GCG?

Olympia Financial Group has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OLY or GCG more profitable?

Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 37.41% compared to Olympia Financial Group's net margin of 23.82%. Olympia Financial Group's return on equity of 64.95% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olympia Financial Group	23.82%	64.95%	35.88%
Guardian Capital Group	37.41%	8.33%	2.48%

Summary

Guardian Capital Group beats Olympia Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.