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Urbana (URB) Competitors

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C$7.65 -0.05 (-0.65%)
As of 09/12/2025 03:55 PM Eastern

URB vs. CVG, WED, LBS, CGI, DFN, SEC, AGF.B, FSZ, FTN, and BK

Should you be buying Urbana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urbana include Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Fiera Capital (FSZ), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Canadian Banc (BK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Urbana vs. Its Competitors

Urbana (TSE:URB) and Clairvest Group (TSE:CVG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, Urbana had 14 more articles in the media than Clairvest Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Urbana and 0 mentions for Clairvest Group. Clairvest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Urbana's score of -0.24 indicating that Clairvest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Urbana Neutral
Clairvest Group Neutral

Clairvest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Urbana. Urbana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clairvest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UrbanaC$92.77M3.41C$66.13MC$1.933.96
Clairvest GroupC$173.09M5.80C$83.21MC$8.358.49

Urbana has a beta of 0.286868, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clairvest Group has a beta of -0.028807, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

1.8% of Urbana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Clairvest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 57.6% of Urbana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 82.3% of Clairvest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Urbana pays an annual dividend of C$0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Clairvest Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Urbana pays out 6.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clairvest Group pays out 1.2% 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.

Urbana has a net margin of 205.53% compared to Clairvest Group's net margin of 66.09%. Urbana's return on equity of 16.84% beat Clairvest Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Urbana205.53% 16.84% 16.83%
Clairvest Group 66.09%7.14%0.17%

Summary

Clairvest Group beats Urbana on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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URB vs. The Competition

MetricUrbanaAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$316.67MC$1.43BC$6.38BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield1.73%4.58%4.31%6.51%
P/E Ratio3.964,757.631,776.4025.78
Price / Sales3.411,961.841,352.329.40
Price / Cash1,080.0060.62127.4783.29
Price / Book0.741.362.065.54
Net IncomeC$66.13MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.52%13.26%7.03%1.40%
1 Month Performance9.76%13.27%7.46%7.72%
1 Year Performance45.99%8.43%30.84%36.76%

Urbana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
URB
Urbana
N/AC$7.65
-0.6%
N/A+48.5%C$316.67MC$92.77M3.962Trending News
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$70.50
flat
N/A+1.2%C$998.70MC$173.09M8.4447
WED
Westaim
0.0655 of 5 stars
C$28.45
+2.5%
C$7.75
-72.8%
+626.1%C$954.64MC$42.11M-21.553,240News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$10.07
-0.3%
N/A+30.5%C$936.13MC$204.88M2.71N/A
CGI
Canadian General Investments
1.5871 of 5 stars
C$43.75
+0.5%
C$175.00
+300.0%
+19.8%C$912.67MC$191.19M4.90N/ANews Coverage
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.58
+0.3%
N/A+19.4%C$880.99MC$363.77M2.82N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$360.00
flat
N/AN/AC$874.80MC$766.36M5.1832
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.4352 of 5 stars
C$12.78
-1.7%
C$13.83
+8.2%
+70.3%C$822.51MC$534.80M8.25652News Coverage
FSZ
Fiera Capital
N/AC$6.78
-0.4%
C$6.25
-7.8%
-7.1%C$722.90MC$673.49M20.55845Positive News
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$10.65
+1.5%
N/A+33.4%C$659.98MC$236.81M3.29N/ANews Coverage
BK
Canadian Banc
N/AC$13.15
+0.8%
N/A+23.4%C$501.57MC$137.20M3.812,018News Coverage

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This page (TSE:URB) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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