Dundee (DC.A) Competitors

AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Dundee (TSE:DC.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AGF.B or DC.A a better dividend stock?

AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Dundee pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. AGF Management pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dundee pays out 32.4% 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. Dundee is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management currently has a consensus price target of C$12.63, indicating a potential upside of 37.08%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Dundee.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGF Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Dundee	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AGF.B or DC.A more profitable?

Dundee has a net margin of 478.33% compared to AGF Management's net margin of 16.58%. Dundee's return on equity of 9.20% beat AGF Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGF Management	16.58%	7.64%	5.20%
Dundee	478.33%	9.20%	-2.18%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AGF.B or DC.A?

12.9% of AGF Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Dundee shares are held by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Dundee shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management received 99 more outperform votes than Dundee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave Dundee an outperform vote while only 36.29% of users gave AGF Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGF Management	Outperform Votes 184 36.29%	Underperform Votes 323 63.71%
Dundee	Outperform Votes 85 67.46%	Underperform Votes 41 32.54%

Does the media favor AGF.B or DC.A?

In the previous week, Dundee's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat AGF Management's score of -0.57 indicating that Dundee is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AGF Management	Negative
Dundee	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, AGF.B or DC.A?

AGF Management has higher revenue and earnings than Dundee. Dundee is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGF Management, 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
AGF Management	C$517.16M	1.14	C$85.73M	C$1.28	7.20
Dundee	C$6.44M	27.58	C$30.73M	C$0.34	6.06

Summary

AGF Management beats Dundee on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.