SFC vs. ELF, MFC, GWO, POW, GSY, FN, CWB.PD, TSU, HUT, and SII
Should you be buying Sagicor Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sagicor Financial include E-L Financial (ELF), Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), goeasy (GSY), First National Financial (FN), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Trisura Group (TSU), Hut 8 (HUT), and Sprott (SII). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Sagicor Financial vs. Its Competitors
E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) and Sagicor Financial (TSE:SFC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
E-L Financial has a net margin of 33.27% compared to Sagicor Financial's net margin of 22.28%. Sagicor Financial's return on equity of 56.05% beat E-L Financial's return on equity.
Sagicor Financial has a consensus target price of C$10.75, indicating a potential upside of 34.54%. Given Sagicor Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sagicor Financial is more favorable than E-L Financial.
E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 100.7%. Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. E-L Financial pays out 2.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sagicor Financial pays out 6.3% 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. E-L Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sagicor Financial. E-L Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sagicor Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, E-L Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Sagicor Financial'saverage media sentiment score.
16.0% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 34.2% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
E-L Financial has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
E-L Financial beats Sagicor Financial on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SFC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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