LBS vs. BK, OLY, FTN, AIM, SBC, GDV, DF, GCG, FAP, and DFN
Should you be buying Life & Banc Split stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life & Banc Split include Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Aimia (AIM), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (DF), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) and Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Life & Banc Split has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Banc. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life & Banc Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Life & Banc Split had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Banc. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Life & Banc Split and 0 mentions for Canadian Banc. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Life & Banc Split's score of -0.04 indicating that Canadian Banc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Life & Banc Split has a net margin of 62.96% compared to Canadian Banc's net margin of 0.00%. Life & Banc Split's return on equity of 20.84% beat Canadian Banc's return on equity.
Life & Banc Split received 32 more outperform votes than Canadian Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Life & Banc Split an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Canadian Banc an outperform vote.
Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.5%. Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.0%. Life & Banc Split pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Banc pays out -95.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Life & Banc Split beats Canadian Banc on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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