AD.UN vs. CHW, VPY, CBL, ACD, RFC, CRWN, MPT, RNP, MIT, and LND
Should you be buying Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) include Chesswood Group (CHW), Versapay (VPY), Callidus Capital (CBL), Accord Financial (ACD), Rifco (RFC), Crown Capital Partners (CRWN), Midpoint (MPT), Royalty North Partners (RNP), Mint (MIT), and Inspira Financial (LND). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) and Chesswood Group (TSE:CHW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) currently has a consensus target price of C$20.70, indicating a potential upside of 31.43%. Chesswood Group has a consensus target price of C$7.33, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Given Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than Chesswood Group.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 88.30% compared to Chesswood Group's net margin of -38.49%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity of 22.01% beat Chesswood Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Chesswood Group had 1 more articles in the media than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Chesswood Group and 0 mentions for Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Chesswood Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Chesswood Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 280 more outperform votes than Chesswood Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.87% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Chesswood Group an outperform vote.
5.9% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Chesswood Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.1% of Chesswood Group shares are held by 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.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has higher revenue and earnings than Chesswood Group. Chesswood Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Chesswood Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesswood Group pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesswood Group has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) beats Chesswood Group on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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