PIC.A vs. LBS, WED, GS, BK, OLY, XLY, AIM, URB, DC.A, and SBC
Should you be buying Premium Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premium Income include Life & Banc Split (LBS), Westaim (WED), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Aimia (AIM), Urbana (URB), Dundee (DC.A), and Brompton Split Banc (SBC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Premium Income vs. Its Competitors
Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Life & Banc Split has a net margin of 44.46% compared to Premium Income's net margin of 17.94%. Life & Banc Split's return on equity of 10.96% beat Premium Income's return on equity.
Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Premium Income pays out 0.0% 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. Premium Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Premium Income had 1 more articles in the media than Life & Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Premium Income and 0 mentions for Life & Banc Split. Premium Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Life & Banc Split'saverage media sentiment score.
Premium Income has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Life & Banc Split has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Income. Premium Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life & Banc Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Life & Banc Split beats Premium Income on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:PIC.A) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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