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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
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.
Great-West Lifeco has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Power Co. of Canada has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.9% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 70.6% of Great-West Lifeco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Power Co. of Canada shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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 5.7%. Great-West Lifeco pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Power Co. of Canada pays out 65.6% 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.
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 media.
Great-West Lifeco presently has a consensus target price of C$44.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.88%. Power Co. of Canada has a consensus target price of C$42.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.57%. Given Great-West Lifeco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Power Co. of Canada is more favorable than Great-West Lifeco.
Great-West Lifeco has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Summary
Great-West Lifeco and Power Co. of Canada tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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