Laurentian Bank of Canada (LB) Competitors

Purpose High Interest Savings Fund (TSE:PSA) and Laurentian Bank of Canada (TSE:LB) are both finance, insurance, and real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PSA or LB?

Purpose High Interest Savings Fund has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Laurentian Bank of Canada.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Laurentian Bank of Canada	C$1.83B	0.65	-C$5.52M	-C$0.13	-217.42

Do analysts rate PSA or LB?

Laurentian Bank of Canada has a consensus price target of C$28.11, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Laurentian Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Laurentian Bank of Canada is more favorable than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Laurentian Bank of Canada	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.63

Does the media refer more to PSA or LB?

In the previous week, Laurentian Bank of Canada had 2 more articles in the media than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Laurentian Bank of Canada and 2 mentions for Purpose High Interest Savings Fund. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's score of -0.46 indicating that Purpose High Interest Savings Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Laurentian Bank of Canada	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSA or LB?

Laurentian Bank of Canada received 364 more outperform votes than Purpose High Interest Savings Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A
Laurentian Bank of Canada	Outperform Votes 364 40.76%	Underperform Votes 529 59.24%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSA or LB?

26.9% of Laurentian Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Laurentian Bank of Canada 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.

Is PSA or LB more profitable?

Purpose High Interest Savings Fund has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Laurentian Bank of Canada's net margin of -0.30%. Purpose High Interest Savings Fund's return on equity of 0.00% beat Laurentian Bank of Canada's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Purpose High Interest Savings Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Laurentian Bank of Canada	-0.30%	-0.20%	-0.03%

Summary

Laurentian Bank of Canada beats Purpose High Interest Savings Fund on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.