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

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

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

Dividend 15 Split has a beta of 1.791297, suggesting that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DFN or PBY.UN?

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
Dividend 15 Split	C$470.01M	1.73	C$134.25M	C$3.26	2.00
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.74	21.26

Is DFN or PBY.UN 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
Dividend 15 Split	54.60%	21.91%	-1.35%
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer DFN or PBY.UN?

In the previous week, Dividend 15 Split and Dividend 15 Split both had 2 articles in the media. Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Dividend 15 Split's score of 0.78 indicating that Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dividend 15 Split	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

0.2% of Dividend 15 Split shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 27.2% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are held by 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.

Is DFN or PBY.UN a better dividend stock?

Dividend 15 Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.8%. 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 out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund pays out 67.6% 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.

Summary

Dividend 15 Split beats Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.