ECN Capital (ECN) Competitors C$2.65 +0.05 (+1.92%) As of 04/15/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock ECN vs. HCG, MKP, TF, AI, FC, TII, BCF, FDI, FN, and TSUShould you be buying ECN Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ECN Capital include Home Capital Group (HCG), MCAN Mortgage (MKP), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Atrium Mortgage Investment (AI), Firm Capital Mortgage Investment (FC), Terra Firma Capital (TII), Builders Capital Mortgage (BCF), Findev (FDI), First National Financial (FN), and Trisura Group (TSU). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector. ECN Capital vs. Home Capital Group MCAN Mortgage Timbercreek Financial Atrium Mortgage Investment Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Terra Firma Capital Builders Capital Mortgage Findev First National Financial Trisura Group ECN Capital (TSE:ECN) and Home Capital Group (TSE:HCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ECN or HCG? Home Capital Group received 13 more outperform votes than ECN Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.53% of users gave ECN Capital an outperform vote while only 45.99% of users gave Home Capital Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformECN CapitalOutperform Votes32066.53% Underperform Votes16133.47% Home Capital GroupOutperform Votes33345.99% Underperform Votes39154.01% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ECN or HCG? 48.2% of ECN Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.1% of Home Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of ECN Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Home Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer ECN or HCG? ECN Capital presently has a consensus price target of C$2.77, indicating a potential upside of 4.53%. Given ECN Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ECN Capital is more favorable than Home Capital Group.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score ECN Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 4 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Home Capital Group 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is ECN or HCG a better dividend stock? ECN Capital pays an annual dividend of C$0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Home Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.60 per share. ECN Capital pays out -17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Home Capital Group pays out 13.4% 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. ECN Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. Is ECN or HCG more profitable? Home Capital Group has a net margin of 33.98% compared to ECN Capital's net margin of -24.40%. Home Capital Group's return on equity of 10.77% beat ECN Capital's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets ECN Capital-24.40% -21.93% -4.85% Home Capital Group 33.98%10.77%0.77% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ECN or HCG? Home Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than ECN Capital. ECN Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Home Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioECN CapitalC$131.39M4.05-C$32.06M-C$0.22-11.84Home Capital GroupC$512.55M0.00C$174.16MC$4.48N/A Which has more risk & volatility, ECN or HCG? ECN Capital has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Home Capital Group has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor ECN or HCG? In the previous week, ECN Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Home Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ECN Capital and 0 mentions for Home Capital Group. ECN Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Home Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that ECN Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment ECN Capital Positive Home Capital Group Neutral SummaryECN Capital and Home Capital Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get ECN Capital News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ECN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ECN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricECN CapitalMortgage Finance IndustryFinancial SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$531.81MC$674.40MC$3.74BC$5.47BDividend Yield1.68%7.03%4.20%6.84%P/E Ratio-11.848.3214.0431.24Price / Sales4.0552.171,665.53544.75Price / Cash33.2126.1949.2782.93Price / Book3.461.713.323.54Net Income-C$32.06MC$78.23MC$1.24BC$299.64M7 Day Performance1.15%9.14%5.07%2.06%1 Month Performance-1.85%-0.62%4.87%-2.79%1 Year Performance52.30%10.99%8.80%10.17% ECN Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ECNECN Capital1.1887 of 5 starsC$2.65+1.9%C$2.77+4.5%+45.6%C$531.81MC$131.39M-11.84620News CoverageHCGHome Capital GroupN/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.69BC$512.55M9.88836MKPMCAN Mortgage0.7853 of 5 starsC$17.42-3.1%C$19.00+9.1%+17.6%C$678.76MC$173.49M7.43142Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeTFTimbercreek Financial1.6576 of 5 starsC$6.05-1.8%C$7.97+31.7%-12.0%C$499.25MC$168.21M8.50N/ANews CoverageAIAtrium Mortgage Investment1.6774 of 5 starsC$10.23-1.9%C$12.78+24.9%-4.6%C$485.19MC$78.44M9.71700High Trading VolumeFCFirm Capital Mortgage InvestmentN/AC$11.19-3.3%N/A+3.4%C$413.12MC$72.77M11.701,150TIITerra Firma CapitalN/AC$7.25-0.5%N/A+0.0%C$40.46MC$5.09M22.6633,000BCFBuilders Capital MortgageN/AC$8.26-5.1%C$10.09+22.2%-7.0%C$18.59MN/A7.94N/AGap DownHigh Trading VolumeFDIFindevN/AC$0.53-3.6%N/A+16.5%C$15.18MC$3.61M7.57N/AGap DownFNFirst National Financial2.1212 of 5 starsC$36.37-2.2%C$43.17+18.7%+5.8%C$2.19BC$1.73B11.841,772Dividend AnnouncementNews CoverageHigh Trading VolumeTSUTrisura Group1.8906 of 5 starsC$32.00-2.0%C$53.44+67.0%-17.3%C$1.53BC$2.97B13.759,700News CoverageNegative NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Home Capital Group Alternatives MCAN Mortgage Alternatives Timbercreek Financial Alternatives Atrium Mortgage Investment Alternatives Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Alternatives Terra Firma Capital Alternatives Builders Capital Mortgage Alternatives Findev Alternatives First National Financial Alternatives Trisura Group Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:ECN) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCrypto’s crashing…but we’re still profitingMost traders are panicking right now. 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