URB vs. GCG.A, SEC, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, WED, GS, LBS, and BK
Should you be buying Urbana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urbana include Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Westaim (WED), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Life & Banc Split (LBS), and Canadian Banc (BK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Urbana vs.
Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) and Urbana (TSE:URB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
20.8% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Urbana shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 57.6% of Urbana shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Urbana has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Guardian Capital Group. Urbana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urbana has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Urbana has a net margin of 205.53% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 24.73%. Urbana's return on equity of 16.84% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus price target of C$52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Urbana.
Guardian Capital Group received 50 more outperform votes than Urbana when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Urbana an outperform vote while only 52.33% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Urbana had 11 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urbana and 3 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.03 beat Urbana's score of -0.18 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Urbana pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Guardian Capital Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Urbana pays out 7.1% 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.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Urbana on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:URB) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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