Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGF.B or GDV?

AGF Management received 178 more outperform votes than Global Dividend Growth Split when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGF Management	Outperform Votes 178 35.74%	Underperform Votes 320 64.26%
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AGF.B or GDV?

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

Do analysts rate AGF.B or GDV?

AGF Management presently has a consensus price target of C$11.82, suggesting a potential upside of 9.46%. Given AGF Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AGF Management is more favorable than Global Dividend Growth Split.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGF Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Global Dividend Growth Split	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AGF.B or GDV a better dividend stock?

AGF Management pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Global Dividend Growth Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. AGF Management pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Dividend Growth Split pays out 39.3% 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.

Is AGF.B or GDV more profitable?

AGF Management has a net margin of 16.58% compared to Global Dividend Growth Split's net margin of 0.00%. AGF Management's return on equity of 7.64% beat Global Dividend Growth Split's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGF Management	16.58%	7.64%	5.20%
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AGF.B or GDV?

AGF Management has higher revenue and earnings than Global Dividend Growth Split. Global Dividend Growth Split 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	1.33	C$85.73M	C$1.28	8.44
Global Dividend Growth Split	N/A	N/A	N/A	C$3.05	3.80

Does the media refer more to AGF.B or GDV?

In the previous week, Global Dividend Growth Split had 2 more articles in the media than AGF Management. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Global Dividend Growth Split and 1 mentions for AGF Management. AGF Management's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Global Dividend Growth Split's score of 1.09 indicating that AGF Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGF Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Global Dividend Growth Split	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AGF Management beats Global Dividend Growth Split on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.