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C$136.00 +1.00 (+0.74%)
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UNC vs. ONEX, CIX, FIH.U, SII, CVG, GCG, GCG.A, AGF.B, CGI, and SEC

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), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), AGF Management (AGF.B), Canadian General Investments (CGI), and Senvest Capital (SEC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

United Co.s vs. Its Competitors

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

Onex currently has a consensus price target of C$130.50, suggesting a potential upside of 15.25%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Onex is more favorable than United Co.s.

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

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

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

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

In the previous week, Onex and Onex both had 1 articles in the media. United Co.s' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Onex's score of 0.00 indicating that United Co.s is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Onex68.42% 7.89% 4.04%
United Co.s 85.56%17.19%11.66%

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
OnexC$645.09M8.80C$441.34MC$12.598.99
United Co.sC$464.39M3.29C$397.35MC$35.323.85

Summary

Onex beats United Co.s on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UNC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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UNC vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Co.sAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.53BC$1.25BC$6.45BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.36%4.17%6.72%
P/E Ratio3.8521.8413.6050.85
Price / Sales3.292,375.071,762.851,194.53
Price / Cash19.8260.8148.9183.29
Price / Book0.631.213.194.70
Net IncomeC$397.35MC$264.68MC$1.25BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.22%0.48%0.65%2.31%
1 Month Performance2.15%2.84%3.50%4.86%
1 Year Performance14.26%6.53%15.51%26.45%

United Co.s Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$136.00
+0.7%
N/A+14.2%C$1.53BC$464.39M3.85N/A
ONEX
Onex
1.414 of 5 stars
C$110.69
+2.5%
C$130.50
+17.9%
+13.6%C$5.55BC$645.09M8.79492
CIX
CI Financial
0.5134 of 5 stars
C$31.60
+0.1%
C$29.36
-7.1%
+113.1%C$4.55BC$3.57B-65.88610
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$18.14
+0.4%
N/A+34.0%C$1.91BC$404.28M10.8012
SII
Sprott
1.0446 of 5 stars
C$88.57
-0.5%
C$77.00
-13.1%
+62.5%C$1.58BC$114.38M34.52170
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$72.61
+1.6%
N/A+7.3%C$1.05BC$125.89M12.5647Dividend Announcement
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.27 of 5 stars
C$41.75
-0.4%
C$45.00
+7.8%
+1.6%C$1.02BC$290.83M9.35600News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
2.7467 of 5 stars
C$41.75
+2.3%
C$52.00
+24.6%
-2.1%C$927.69MC$251.52M17.18N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.1694 of 5 stars
C$13.34
+4.1%
C$13.67
+2.4%
+50.7%C$851.89MC$517.16M10.42652News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$38.59
+0.5%
N/A+7.6%C$812.03MC$257.78M4.98N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$325.00
+1.6%
N/AN/AC$793.85MC$442.41M3.3832

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This page (TSE:UNC) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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