POW vs. GWO, MFC, BAM, FFH, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, NA, and IFC
Should you be buying Power Co. of Canada stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Power Co. of Canada include Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Manulife Financial (MFC), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Fairfax Financial (FFH), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), National Bank of Canada (NA), and Intact Financial (IFC). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO) and Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 7 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 10 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Power Co. of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.35 indicating that Great-West Lifeco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Great-West Lifeco pays an annual dividend of C$2.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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 pays out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Power Co. of Canada is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Power Co. of Canada received 28 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 38.89% of users gave Great-West Lifeco an outperform vote.
Great-West Lifeco currently has a consensus target price of C$43.11, suggesting a potential upside of 1.68%. Power Co. of Canada has a consensus target price of C$41.44, suggesting a potential upside of 9.32%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
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.
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.
12.1% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.3% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Power Co. of Canada beats Great-West Lifeco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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