SII vs. BLX, HUT, WFC, VBNK, PTS, WED, BITF, ML, GRN, and CARE
Should you be buying Sprott stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott include Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Wall Financial (WFC), VersaBank (VBNK), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Bitfarms (BITF), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), and Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Sprott vs. Its Competitors
Boralex (TSE:BLX) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Boralex pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Boralex has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Sprott is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boralex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Boralex presently has a consensus price target of C$39.22, suggesting a potential upside of 21.24%. Sprott has a consensus price target of C$83.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.71%. Given Boralex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boralex is more favorable than Sprott.
58.3% of Boralex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Boralex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to Boralex's net margin of 7.55%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Boralex's return on equity.
Boralex has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boralex had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Boralex and 1 mentions for Sprott. Boralex's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Sprott's score of 0.55 indicating that Boralex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Boralex beats Sprott on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:SII) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
