TF vs. MKP, ECN, AI, FC, FN, DFN, SEC, CGI, BITF, and FTN
Should you be buying Timbercreek Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Timbercreek Financial include MCAN Mortgage (MKP), ECN Capital (ECN), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), First National Financial (FN), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Bitfarms (BITF), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Timbercreek Financial (TSE:TF) and MCAN Mortgage (TSE:MKP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Timbercreek Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. MCAN Mortgage pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Timbercreek Financial pays out 93.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MCAN Mortgage pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MCAN Mortgage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Timbercreek Financial has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MCAN Mortgage has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MCAN Mortgage received 45 more outperform votes than Timbercreek Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.57% of users gave Timbercreek Financial an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave MCAN Mortgage an outperform vote.
MCAN Mortgage has higher revenue and earnings than Timbercreek Financial. MCAN Mortgage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Timbercreek Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Timbercreek Financial presently has a consensus target price of C$8.45, indicating a potential upside of 17.69%. MCAN Mortgage has a consensus target price of C$18.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Timbercreek Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Timbercreek Financial is more favorable than MCAN Mortgage.
In the previous week, Timbercreek Financial had 11 more articles in the media than MCAN Mortgage. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Timbercreek Financial and 5 mentions for MCAN Mortgage. MCAN Mortgage's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Timbercreek Financial's score of 0.41 indicating that MCAN Mortgage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Timbercreek Financial has a net margin of 72.79% compared to MCAN Mortgage's net margin of 62.53%. MCAN Mortgage's return on equity of 15.18% beat Timbercreek Financial's return on equity.
3.9% of Timbercreek Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.5% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Timbercreek Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of MCAN Mortgage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Timbercreek Financial beats MCAN Mortgage on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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