SII vs. UNC, CVG, CGI, SEC, DFN, FTN, CIX, GLXY, LB, and TSU
Should you be buying Sprott stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott include United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Financial 15 Split (FTN), CI Financial (CIX), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB), and Trisura Group (TSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.
Sprott received 239 more outperform votes than United Co.s when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave United Co.s an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
United Co.s has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. United Co.s is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sprott has a consensus price target of C$55.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.85%. Given United Co.s' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than United Co.s.
In the previous week, United Co.s had 28 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for United Co.s and 2 mentions for Sprott. United Co.s' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Sprott's score of 0.16 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. United Co.s pays out 4.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 61.6% 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.
31.0% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of United Co.s shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.1% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
United Co.s has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Co.s has a net margin of 83.20% compared to United Co.s' net margin of 24.73%. Sprott's return on equity of 16.60% beat United Co.s' return on equity.
Summary
United Co.s and Sprott tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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