GWO vs. POW, MFC, NA, IFC, SLF, FFH, BAM, CM, X, and BNS
Should you be buying Great-West Lifeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great-West Lifeco include Power Co. of Canada (POW), Manulife Financial (MFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), TMX Group (X), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) and Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Great-West Lifeco has a net margin of 7.95% compared to Great-West Lifeco's net margin of 6.89%. Power Co. of Canada's return on equity of 10.28% beat Great-West Lifeco's return on equity.
32.3% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. 13.5% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Power Co. of Canada pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great-West Lifeco pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Power Co. of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Great-West Lifeco has higher revenue and earnings than Power Co. of Canada. Power Co. of Canada is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Great-West Lifeco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Power Co. of Canada presently has a consensus price target of C$41.44, suggesting a potential upside of 13.86%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus price target of C$43.11, suggesting a potential upside of 6.58%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Power Co. of Canada received 29 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.36% of users gave Power Co. of Canada an outperform vote while only 39.03% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 6 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 2 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Great-West Lifeco's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Power Co. of Canada's score of 0.00 indicating that Power Co. of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Power Co. of Canada beats Great-West Lifeco on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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