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C$131.68 -1.33 (-1.00%)
As of 05/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

UNC vs. ONEX, CIX, FIH.U, SII, GCG, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, and AGF.B

Should you be buying United Co.s stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Co.s include Onex (ONEX), CI Financial (CIX), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), and AGF Management (AGF.B). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

United Co.s vs.

United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Onex has higher revenue and earnings than United Co.s. United Co.s is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Co.sC$464.39M3.19C$397.35MC$35.323.73
OnexC$645.09M7.83C$441.34MC$12.598.00

Onex received 219 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 57.28% of users gave Onex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United Co.sOutperform Votes
80
74.07%
Underperform Votes
28
25.93%
OnexOutperform Votes
299
57.28%
Underperform Votes
223
42.72%

Onex has a consensus target price of C$130.50, indicating a potential upside of 29.52%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Onex is more favorable than United Co.s.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Co.s
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Onex
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, United Co.s had 5 more articles in the media than Onex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for United Co.s and 2 mentions for Onex. Onex's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat United Co.s' score of 0.28 indicating that Onex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Co.s
1 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Onex
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United Co.s has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

United Co.s has a net margin of 85.56% compared to Onex's net margin of 68.42%. United Co.s' return on equity of 17.19% beat Onex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Co.s85.56% 17.19% 11.66%
Onex 68.42%7.89%4.04%

United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. United Co.s pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Onex pays out 3.2% 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.

40.1% of Onex shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of United Co.s shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Onex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Onex beats United Co.s on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UNC vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Co.sAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.48BC$1.20BC$5.34BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.41%4.18%6.32%
P/E Ratio3.7321.7612.7629.95
Price / Sales3.192,409.521,770.92752.53
Price / Cash19.8260.4649.7183.71
Price / Book0.611.151.343.96
Net IncomeC$397.35MC$263.32MC$1.22BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance1.29%14.01%7.12%1.35%
1 Month Performance12.07%18.69%18.67%8.57%
1 Year Performance12.38%2.21%13.09%14.85%

United Co.s Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$131.68
-1.0%
N/A+12.7%C$1.48BC$464.39M3.73N/A
ONEX
Onex
3.3634 of 5 stars
C$107.31
+1.4%
C$130.50
+21.6%
+8.9%C$5.38BC$645.09M8.52492Gap Up
CIX
CI Financial
0.3431 of 5 stars
C$31.63
+0.1%
C$29.36
-7.2%
+117.3%C$4.56BC$3.57B-65.94610News Coverage
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$16.75
+1.3%
N/A+25.2%C$1.76BC$404.28M9.9712
SII
Sprott
0.8796 of 5 stars
C$76.38
+0.5%
C$77.00
+0.8%
+25.2%C$1.37BC$114.38M29.77170Dividend Announcement
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.3098 of 5 stars
C$43.08
+4.7%
C$50.00
+16.1%
N/AC$1.05BC$290.83M9.65600Gap Up
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$71.00
flat
N/A-1.9%C$1.02BC$125.89M12.2847News Coverage
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.0362 of 5 stars
C$42.17
+5.4%
C$52.00
+23.3%
-7.8%C$937.02MC$251.52M17.35N/AGap Down
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$36.52
+0.1%
N/A-4.1%C$768.47MC$257.78M4.71N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$310.00
+0.8%
N/AN/AC$757.21MC$442.41M3.2232
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.6749 of 5 stars
C$11.70
+4.0%
C$12.46
+6.5%
+35.4%C$747.16MC$517.16M9.14652

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This page (TSE:UNC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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