DC.A vs. AGF.B, SVC, GS, ARR, OSI, STEP, VRE, REG, SBC, and BAR
Should you be buying Dundee stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Dundee include AGF Management (AGF.B), Sandvine (SVC), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Altius Renewable Royalties (ARR), Osino Resources (OSI), STEP Energy Services (STEP), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), Regulus Resources (REG), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and Balmoral Resources (BAR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Dundee vs.
AGF Management (TSE:AGF.B) and Dundee (TSE:DC.A) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
12.9% of AGF Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of Dundee shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.7% of AGF Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Dundee shares are owned 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.
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.
AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Dundee pays an annual dividend of C$0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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.
AGF Management presently has a consensus price target of C$12.54, indicating a potential upside of 23.02%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Dundee.
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.
In the previous week, AGF Management had 3 more articles in the media than Dundee. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AGF Management and 1 mentions for Dundee. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Dundee's score of 0.20 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGF Management received 97 more outperform votes than Dundee when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.46% of users gave Dundee an outperform vote while only 36.11% of users gave AGF Management an outperform vote.
AGF Management has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dundee has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AGF Management beats Dundee on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:DC.A) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
