PIC.A vs. WCM.A, DC.A, INC.UN, MMP.UN, PBY.UN, VRE, and BNK
Should you be buying Premium Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premium Income include Wilmington Capital Management (WCM.A), Dundee (DC.A), Income Financial Trust (INC.UN), Precious Metals And Mng Unt (MMP.UN), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), and Big Banc Split (BNK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) and Wilmington Capital Management (TSE:WCM.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
In the previous week, Premium Income had 3 more articles in the media than Wilmington Capital Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Premium Income and 0 mentions for Wilmington Capital Management. Premium Income's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Wilmington Capital Management's score of 0.00 indicating that Premium Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.2%. Wilmington Capital Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 81.3%. Premium Income pays out -25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wilmington Capital Management pays out 1,111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Wilmington Capital Management has a net margin of 108.27% compared to Premium Income's net margin of 0.00%. Wilmington Capital Management's return on equity of 7.76% beat Premium Income's return on equity.
Premium Income has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wilmington Capital Management has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Wilmington Capital Management has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Income. Premium Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wilmington Capital Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wilmington Capital Management received 38 more outperform votes than Premium Income when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Wilmington Capital Management beats Premium Income on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Premium Income News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PIC.A and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PIC.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
PIC.A vs. The Competition
Premium Income Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
