Canadian Banc (BK) Competitors

Canadian Banc (TSE:BK) and Clairvest Group (TSE:CVG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is BK or CVG a better dividend stock?

Canadian Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.3%. Clairvest Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Canadian Banc pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Clairvest Group pays out 100.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Canadian Banc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, BK or CVG?

Canadian Banc has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Clairvest Group has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BK or CVG?

0.2% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.3% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by 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.

Does the media favor BK or CVG?

In the previous week, Clairvest Group had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Banc. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Clairvest Group and 0 mentions for Canadian Banc. Canadian Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Clairvest Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Banc	Neutral
Clairvest Group	Neutral

Is BK or CVG more profitable?

Canadian Banc has a net margin of 63.20% compared to Clairvest Group's net margin of 2.86%. Canadian Banc's return on equity of 23.59% beat Clairvest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Banc	63.20%	23.59%	10.66%
Clairvest Group	2.86%	0.09%	0.17%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BK or CVG?

Canadian Banc has higher revenue and earnings than Clairvest Group. Canadian Banc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clairvest Group, 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
Canadian Banc	C$96.94M	3.64	C$61.27M	C$2.33	5.02
Clairvest Group	C$38.72M	26.09	C$1.11M	C$0.10	690.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BK or CVG?

Clairvest Group received 70 more outperform votes than Canadian Banc when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.29% of users gave Clairvest Group an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Canadian Banc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Banc	Outperform Votes 64 60.95%	Underperform Votes 41 39.05%
Clairvest Group	Outperform Votes 134 79.29%	Underperform Votes 35 20.71%

Summary

Canadian Banc beats Clairvest Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.