Olympia Financial Group (OLY) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CVG or OLY?

Clairvest Group has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Olympia Financial Group has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVG or OLY a better dividend stock?

Clairvest Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Olympia Financial Group pays an annual dividend of C$7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Clairvest Group pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Olympia Financial Group pays out 70.9% 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.

Is CVG or OLY more profitable?

Clairvest Group has a net margin of 66.09% compared to Olympia Financial Group's net margin of 23.82%. Olympia Financial Group's return on equity of 64.95% beat Clairvest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clairvest Group	66.09%	7.14%	0.17%
Olympia Financial Group	23.82%	64.95%	35.88%

Does the media prefer CVG or OLY?

In the previous week, Olympia Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Clairvest Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Olympia Financial Group and 1 mentions for Clairvest Group. Olympia Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Clairvest Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Olympia Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clairvest Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Olympia Financial Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CVG or OLY?

Clairvest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Olympia Financial Group. Olympia Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clairvest 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
Clairvest Group	C$125.89M	8.12	C$83.21M	C$5.78	12.28
Olympia Financial Group	C$102.64M	2.69	C$24.45M	C$10.16	11.28

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CVG or OLY?

Clairvest Group received 67 more outperform votes than Olympia Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.29% of users gave Clairvest Group an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Olympia Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clairvest Group	Outperform Votes 134 79.29%	Underperform Votes 35 20.71%
Olympia Financial Group	Outperform Votes 67 56.78%	Underperform Votes 51 43.22%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CVG or OLY?

0.2% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of Olympia Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.3% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.6% of Olympia Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CVG or OLY?

Olympia Financial Group has a consensus price target of C$147.91, suggesting a potential upside of 29.09%. Given Olympia Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olympia Financial Group is more favorable than Clairvest Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clairvest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Olympia Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

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