GSY vs. AD.UN, CHW, VPY, CBL, ACD, RFC, CRWN, MPT, RNP, and MIT
Should you be buying goeasy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of goeasy include Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), Chesswood Group (CHW), Versapay (VPY), Callidus Capital (CBL), Accord Financial (ACD), Rifco (RFC), Crown Capital Partners (CRWN), Midpoint (MPT), Royalty North Partners (RNP), and Mint (MIT). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
goeasy has higher revenue and earnings than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than goeasy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) presently has a consensus price target of C$20.70, suggesting a potential upside of 32.18%. goeasy has a consensus price target of C$208.80, suggesting a potential upside of 16.52%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than goeasy.
In the previous week, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat goeasy's score of 1.53 indicating that goeasy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 31.5% 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) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 2.1, suggesting that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 81 more outperform votes than goeasy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.85% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 70.87% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote.
5.9% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of goeasy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of goeasy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 88.30% compared to Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s net margin of 33.32%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity of 25.47% beat goeasy's return on equity.
Summary
goeasy beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GSY 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.
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