Canaccord Genuity Group (CF) Competitors

Vitalhub (TSE:VHI) and Canaccord Genuity Group (TSE:CF) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts prefer VHI or CF?

Vitalhub currently has a consensus price target of C$9.44, suggesting a potential downside of 14.20%. Canaccord Genuity Group has a consensus price target of C$12.38, suggesting a potential upside of 21.32%. Given Canaccord Genuity Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canaccord Genuity Group is more favorable than Vitalhub.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vitalhub	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Canaccord Genuity Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Is VHI or CF more profitable?

Vitalhub has a net margin of 8.14% compared to Canaccord Genuity Group's net margin of 0.18%. Vitalhub's return on equity of 4.73% beat Canaccord Genuity Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vitalhub	8.14%	4.73%	3.81%
Canaccord Genuity Group	0.18%	3.45%	0.86%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, VHI or CF?

Vitalhub has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Canaccord Genuity Group. Canaccord Genuity Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vitalhub, 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
Vitalhub	C$58.32M	9.59	C$4.75M	C$0.11	100.00
Canaccord Genuity Group	C$1.46B	0.68	-C$8.78M	-C$0.10	-102.00

Which has more risk and volatility, VHI or CF?

Vitalhub has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canaccord Genuity Group has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VHI or CF?

In the previous week, Canaccord Genuity Group had 3 more articles in the media than Vitalhub. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Canaccord Genuity Group and 2 mentions for Vitalhub. Vitalhub's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Canaccord Genuity Group's score of 0.24 indicating that Vitalhub is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vitalhub	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canaccord Genuity Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals believe in VHI or CF?

32.4% of Vitalhub shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.8% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.6% of Vitalhub shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Canaccord Genuity Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VHI or CF?

Canaccord Genuity Group received 331 more outperform votes than Vitalhub when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.23% of users gave Vitalhub an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Canaccord Genuity Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vitalhub	Outperform Votes 9 69.23%	Underperform Votes 4 30.77%
Canaccord Genuity Group	Outperform Votes 340 53.46%	Underperform Votes 296 46.54%

Summary

Vitalhub beats Canaccord Genuity Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.