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

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

Do analysts recommend AD.UN or GSY?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) presently has a consensus price target of C$19.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.33%. goeasy has a consensus price target of C$219.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.37%. Given goeasy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
goeasy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

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

In the previous week, goeasy had 3 more articles in the media than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for goeasy and 4 mentions for Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat goeasy's score of -0.15 indicating that Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
goeasy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AD.UN or GSY 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
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	97.33%	22.20%	9.85%
goeasy	33.40%	25.28%	6.39%

Is AD.UN or GSY a better dividend stock?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. 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 30.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 30.4% 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 insiders and institutionals believe in AD.UN or GSY?

5.5% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.1% of goeasy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of goeasy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

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
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	C$215.71M	3.98	C$209.96M	C$4.49	4.20
goeasy	C$794.25M	3.82	C$265.26M	C$15.37	11.76

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AD.UN or GSY?

Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 77 more outperform votes than goeasy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.45% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 70.75% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)	Outperform Votes 450 70.75%	Underperform Votes 186 29.25%
goeasy	Outperform Votes 373 74.45%	Underperform Votes 128 25.55%

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

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

Summary

goeasy beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.