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Premium Income (PIC.A) Competitors

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C$6.42 -0.05 (-0.77%)
As of 07/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

PIC.A vs. WED, GS, LBS, 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 Westaim (WED), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Life & Banc Split (LBS), 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

Westaim (CVE:WED) and Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Westaim has a net margin of 44.28% compared to Premium Income's net margin of 17.94%. Premium Income's return on equity of 7.93% beat Westaim's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Westaim44.28% 7.76% 7.60%
Premium Income 17.94%7.93%3.82%

12.1% of Westaim shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Westaim shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Westaim has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Premium Income. Premium Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westaim, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WestaimC$10.20M44.47C$4.52MC$0.4469.46
Premium IncomeC$21.10M5.90C$3.78MC$26.18 thousand0.00

In the previous week, Westaim and Westaim both had 1 articles in the media. Westaim's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Premium Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Westaim is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Westaim
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Premium Income
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Westaim pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. Westaim pays out 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Premium Income pays out 0.0% 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.

Westaim has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premium Income has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Westaim beats Premium Income on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PIC.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PIC.A vs. The Competition

MetricPremium IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$124.42MC$1.24BC$6.40BC$6.16B
Dividend Yield19.03%4.35%4.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio0.0021.9413.6150.59
Price / Sales5.902,372.381,760.091,218.45
Price / Cash0.3060.8148.9183.29
Price / Book2.321.213.184.72
Net IncomeC$3.78MC$264.68MC$1.25BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.72%0.60%0.72%1.40%
1 Month Performance8.26%2.91%3.29%4.32%
1 Year Performance60.10%6.51%15.21%25.97%

Premium Income Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PIC.A
Premium Income
N/AC$6.42
-0.8%
N/A+60.9%C$124.42MC$21.10M0.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
WED
Westaim
0.1268 of 5 stars
C$31.50
+1.6%
C$7.75
-75.4%
+652.5%C$465.39MC$10.20M71.273,240Positive News
GS
Gluskin Sheff + Associates
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$444.64MC$113.89M17.5848,500
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.45
+0.9%
N/A+27.1%C$442.40MC$84.19M11.90N/A
BK
Canadian Banc
N/AC$11.96
+0.8%
N/A+12.3%C$411.02MC$119.67M5.772,018Dividend Increase
Ex-Dividend
OLY
Olympia Financial Group
3.0277 of 5 stars
C$123.08
-0.1%
C$147.91
+20.2%
+32.0%C$296.17MC$102.64M12.11325News Coverage
XLY
Auxly Cannabis Group
N/AC$0.39
+5.4%
N/A+0.0%C$289.90MC$35.07M-2.10N/AGap Up
AIM
Aimia
2.538 of 5 stars
C$2.82
-0.7%
C$4.00
+41.8%
+8.7%C$271.22MC$464.71M-3.4720Positive News
URB
Urbana
N/AC$6.41
-0.2%
N/A+15.2%C$258.03MC$32.17M3.792Trending News
Gap Up
DC.A
Dundee
N/AC$2.74
+1.1%
N/A+127.7%C$236.27MC$6.44M8.06N/ANews Coverage
SBC
Brompton Split Banc
N/AC$10.43
+1.2%
N/A+23.9%C$234.07MC$29.56M8.7840

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This page (TSE:PIC.A) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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