Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN) Competitors

Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (TSE:PBY.UN) and Dividend 15 Split (TSE:DFN) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

Is PBY.UN or DFN more profitable?

Dividend 15 Split has a net margin of 54.60% compared to Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Dividend 15 Split's return on equity of 21.91% beat Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dividend 15 Split	54.60%	21.91%	-1.35%

Is PBY.UN or DFN a better dividend stock?

Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Dividend 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.2%. Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund pays out 67.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dividend 15 Split pays out 47.2% 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. Dividend 15 Split is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PBY.UN or DFN?

0.0% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Dividend 15 Split shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PBY.UN or DFN?

Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund has a beta of 0.103141, suggesting that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dividend 15 Split has a beta of 1.816617, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PBY.UN or DFN?

Dividend 15 Split has higher revenue and earnings than Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund. Dividend 15 Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund, 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
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.74	21.36
Dividend 15 Split	C$363.77M	2.51	C$134.25M	C$2.33	2.92

Does the media refer more to PBY.UN or DFN?

In the previous week, Dividend 15 Split had 1 more articles in the media than Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Dividend 15 Split and 0 mentions for Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund. Dividend 15 Split's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Dividend 15 Split is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	Neutral
Dividend 15 Split	Neutral

Summary

Dividend 15 Split beats Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.