Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN) Competitors

goeasy (TSE:GSY) and Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Is GSY or AD.UN more profitable?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 97.33% compared to goeasy's net margin of 33.40%. goeasy's return on equity of 25.28% beat Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
goeasy	33.40%	25.28%	6.39%
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	97.33%	22.20%	9.85%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GSY or AD.UN?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 78 more outperform votes than goeasy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.30% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 70.69% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
goeasy	Outperform Votes 373 74.30%	Underperform Votes 129 25.70%
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	Outperform Votes 451 70.69%	Underperform Votes 187 29.31%

Which has better earnings and valuation, GSY or AD.UN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
goeasy	C$794.25M	3.47	C$265.26M	C$15.37	10.66
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	C$215.71M	3.94	C$209.96M	C$4.49	4.16

Do analysts recommend GSY or AD.UN?

goeasy currently has a consensus price target of C$219.89, suggesting a potential upside of 34.23%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a consensus price target of C$22.88, suggesting a potential upside of 22.33%. Given goeasy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe goeasy is more favorable than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
goeasy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media refer more to GSY or AD.UN?

In the previous week, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) had 1 more articles in the media than goeasy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) and 0 mentions for goeasy. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat goeasy's score of 0.00 indicating that Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
goeasy	Neutral
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GSY or AD.UN?

goeasy has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GSY or AD.UN a better dividend stock?

goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. goeasy pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 30.3% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GSY or AD.UN?

19.1% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of goeasy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by company 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.

Summary

goeasy beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.