Big Banc Split (BNK) Competitors

Canadian Life Companies Split (TSE:LFE) and Big Banc Split (TSE:BNK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LFE or BNK?

9.9% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Big Banc Split shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LFE or BNK a better dividend stock?

Canadian Life Companies Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. Big Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$0.79 per share. Canadian Life Companies Split pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Big Banc Split pays out 1,975.0% 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 Life Companies Split is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LFE or BNK?

Big Banc Split received 170 more outperform votes than Canadian Life Companies Split when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.82% of users gave Big Banc Split an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Canadian Life Companies Split an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Life Companies Split	Outperform Votes 85 62.50%	Underperform Votes 51 37.50%
Big Banc Split	Outperform Votes 255 67.82%	Underperform Votes 121 32.18%

Does the media prefer LFE or BNK?

In the previous week, Canadian Life Companies Split had 5 more articles in the media than Big Banc Split. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canadian Life Companies Split and 0 mentions for Big Banc Split. Canadian Life Companies Split's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Big Banc Split's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Life Companies Split is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Life Companies Split	Neutral
Big Banc Split	Neutral

Is LFE or BNK more profitable?

Canadian Life Companies Split has a net margin of 57.35% compared to Big Banc Split's net margin of 0.00%. Canadian Life Companies Split's return on equity of 32.16% beat Big Banc Split's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Life Companies Split	57.35%	32.16%	9.59%
Big Banc Split	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, LFE or BNK?

Canadian Life Companies Split has higher revenue and earnings than Big Banc Split. Big Banc Split is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Life Companies Split, 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 Life Companies Split	C$26.15M	2.60	C$15M	C$1.32	5.03
Big Banc Split	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$0.04	N/A

Summary

Canadian Life Companies Split beats Big Banc Split on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.