PIC.A vs. BK, GS, DC.A, URB, OLY, AIM, XLY, SBC, PBY.UN, and GDV
Should you be buying Premium Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premium Income include Canadian Banc (BK), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Dundee (DC.A), Urbana (URB), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), and Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Premium Income vs. Its Competitors
Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) and Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
0.1% of Canadian Banc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Premium Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Banc has a beta of 0.890412, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premium Income has a beta of 1.181779, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Income. Premium Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Banc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.71 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.1%. Canadian Banc pays out 49.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Premium Income pays out 33.5% 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. Premium Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canadian Banc has a net margin of 59.55% compared to Premium Income's net margin of 17.94%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 21.73% beat Premium Income's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian Banc and Canadian Banc both had 1 articles in the media. Premium Income's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Canadian Banc's score of 0.00 indicating that Premium Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Canadian Banc 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
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This page (TSE:PIC.A) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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