GWO vs. POW, MFC, NA, IFC, SLF, FFH, BAM, CM, X, and BNS Should you be buying Great-West Lifeco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Great-West Lifeco include Power Co. of Canada (POW), Manulife Financial (MFC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Intact Financial (IFC), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), TMX Group (X), and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Power Co. of Canada (TSE:POW ) and Great-West Lifeco (TSE:GWO ) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Power Co. of Canada presently has a consensus target price of C$42.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.57%. Great-West Lifeco has a consensus target price of C$44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Power Co. of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$2.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. 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 out 65.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Great-West Lifeco pays out 63.2% 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.
31.9% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Power Co. of Canada shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Great-West Lifeco has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Power Co. of Canada received 29 more outperform votes than Great-West Lifeco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.87% 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 has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Great-West Lifeco's net margin of 6.89%. Power Co. of Canada's return on equity of 11.74% beat Great-West Lifeco's return on equity.
In the previous week, Power Co. of Canada had 12 more articles in the media than Great-West Lifeco. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Power Co. of Canada and 1 mentions for Great-West Lifeco. Power Co. of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Great-West Lifeco's score of 0.20 indicating that Great-West Lifeco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary Power Co. of Canada and Great-West Lifeco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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