PIC.A vs. LBS, BK, XLY, AIM, OLY, URB, SBC, PBY.UN, DC.A, and GDV
Should you be buying Premium Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premium Income include Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Aimia (AIM), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Urbana (URB), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Dundee (DC.A), and Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Premium Income vs.
Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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.
In the previous week, Life & Banc Split had 1 more articles in the media than Premium Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Life & Banc Split and 0 mentions for Premium Income. Life & Banc Split's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Premium Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Life & Banc Split is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Life & Banc Split received 92 more outperform votes than Premium Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Life & Banc Split an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Premium Income an outperform vote.
Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.8%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. 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.
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.
Summary
Life & Banc Split beats Premium Income on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PIC.A) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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