Canadian Life Companies Split (LFE) Competitors

Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (TSE:PBY.UN) and Canadian Life Companies Split (TSE:LFE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

Does the media prefer PBY.UN or LFE?

In the previous week, Canadian Life Companies Split's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian Life Companies Split is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	Neutral
Canadian Life Companies Split	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBY.UN or LFE?

Canadian Life Companies Split received 31 more outperform votes than Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.00% of users gave Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Canadian Life Companies Split an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	Outperform Votes 54 72.00%	Underperform Votes 21 28.00%
Canadian Life Companies Split	Outperform Votes 85 62.50%	Underperform Votes 51 37.50%

Is PBY.UN or LFE a better dividend stock?

Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund pays an annual dividend of C$0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Canadian Life Companies Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. Canadian Life Companies Split pays out 91.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PBY.UN or LFE?

Canadian Life Companies Split has higher revenue and earnings than Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canadian Life Companies Split	C$17.86M	2.98	C$13.40M	C$1.31	4.06

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PBY.UN or LFE?

11.0% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is PBY.UN or LFE more profitable?

Canadian Life Companies Split has a net margin of 75.04% compared to Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Canadian Life Companies Split's return on equity of 30.14% beat Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A
Canadian Life Companies Split	75.04%	30.14%	9.59%

Summary

Canadian Life Companies Split beats Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.