Wall Financial (WFC) Competitors

Sprott (TSE:SII) and Wall Financial (TSE:WFC) are both small-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Is SII or WFC a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Wall Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.1%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wall Financial pays out 387.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is SII or WFC more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to Wall Financial's net margin of 12.82%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Wall Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	28.20%	15.02%	10.25%
Wall Financial	12.82%	14.98%	4.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, SII or WFC?

Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wall Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SII or WFC?

In the previous week, Wall Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Sprott. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Wall Financial and 0 mentions for Sprott. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wall Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	Neutral
Wall Financial	Neutral

Do analysts prefer SII or WFC?

Sprott currently has a consensus target price of C$88.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.25%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Wall Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wall Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SII or WFC?

Sprott has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wall Financial. Wall Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprott	C$114.38M	13.98	C$32.26M	C$2.57	34.86
Wall Financial	C$193.65M	2.48	C$24.83M	C$0.77	19.32

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SII or WFC?

41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Wall Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.7% of Wall Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Sprott beats Wall Financial on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.