BayCom (BCML) Competitors

Sprott (NYSE:SII) and BayCom (NASDAQ:BCML) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SII or BCML?

28.3% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of BayCom shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SII or BCML more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 27.38% compared to BayCom's net margin of 17.10%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat BayCom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	27.38%	15.02%	11.91%
BayCom	17.10%	7.45%	0.92%

Does the media refer more to SII or BCML?

In the previous week, Sprott and Sprott both had 2 articles in the media. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat BayCom's score of 0.43 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	Positive
BayCom	Neutral

Is SII or BCML a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. BayCom pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Sprott pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BayCom pays out 28.6% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SII or BCML?

BayCom received 72 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.90% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 12 41.38%	Underperform Votes 17 58.62%
BayCom	Outperform Votes 84 54.90%	Underperform Votes 69 45.10%

Which has more volatility and risk, SII or BCML?

Sprott has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BayCom has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer SII or BCML?

BayCom has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.57%. Given BayCom's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BayCom is more favorable than Sprott.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
BayCom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SII or BCML?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than BayCom. BayCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sprott	$168.35M	6.78	$41.80M	$1.90	23.27
BayCom	$97.14M	2.92	$23.61M	$2.10	12.14

Summary

Sprott beats BayCom on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.