POW vs. GWO, MFC, BAM, FFH, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, NA, and IFC
Should you be buying Power Co. of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Co. of Canada include Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Manulife Financial (MFC), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Fairfax Financial (FFH), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), National Bank of Canada (NA), and Intact Financial (IFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) and Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Power Co. of Canada currently has a consensus price target of C$41.44, indicating a potential upside of 13.86%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus price target of C$43.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Power Co. of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
32.3% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.5% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Power Co. of Canada received 29 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.36% of users gave Power Co. of Canada an outperform vote while only 39.03% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Power Co. of Canada pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great-West Lifeco pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Power Co. of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Great-West Lifeco has higher revenue and earnings than Power Co. of Canada. Power Co. of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great-West Lifeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Great-West Lifeco has a net margin of 7.95% compared to Power Co. of Canada's net margin of 6.89%. Great-West Lifeco's return on equity of 10.28% beat Power Co. of Canada's return on equity.
In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 2 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Power Co. of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.00 indicating that Power Co. of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Power Co. of Canada beats Great-West Lifeco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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