VBNK vs. SII, HUT, BITF, PTS, WED, ML, WFC, GRN, CARE, and CFW
Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Sprott (SII), Hut 8 (HUT), Bitfarms (BITF), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Millennial Lithium (ML), Wall Financial (WFC), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
VersaBank vs.
VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Sprott (TSE:SII) 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 profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 19.94%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat VersaBank's return on equity.
VersaBank has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. VersaBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
VersaBank pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. VersaBank pays out 6.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 52.6% 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.
Sprott received 326 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 60.59% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
In the previous week, VersaBank had 3 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for VersaBank and 1 mentions for Sprott. VersaBank's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that VersaBank is being referred to more favorably in the media.
VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
21.6% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Sprott 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.
VersaBank presently has a consensus price target of C$17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.18%. Sprott has a consensus price target of C$69.75, suggesting a potential downside of 3.70%. Given VersaBank's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Sprott.
Summary
Sprott beats VersaBank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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