Canadian Life Companies Split (LFE) Competitors

Canadian Life Companies Split (TSE:LFE) and Aimia (TSE:AIM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Is LFE or AIM a better dividend stock?

Canadian Life Companies Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.1%. Aimia pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 30.4%. Canadian Life Companies Split pays out 90.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aimia pays out -60.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aimia is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer LFE or AIM?

In the previous week, Canadian Life Companies Split had 1 more articles in the media than Aimia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Canadian Life Companies Split and 1 mentions for Aimia. Aimia's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Canadian Life Companies Split's score of 0.47 indicating that Aimia is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Life Companies Split	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Aimia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LFE or AIM?

Aimia received 304 more outperform votes than Canadian Life Companies Split when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Canadian Life Companies Split an outperform vote while only 54.18% of users gave Aimia an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Life Companies Split	Outperform Votes 85 62.50%	Underperform Votes 51 37.50%
Aimia	Outperform Votes 389 54.18%	Underperform Votes 329 45.82%

Is LFE or AIM more profitable?

Canadian Life Companies Split has a net margin of 57.35% compared to Aimia's net margin of -26.20%. Canadian Life Companies Split's return on equity of 32.16% beat Aimia's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Life Companies Split	57.35%	32.16%	9.59%
Aimia	-26.20%	-16.59%	-4.93%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LFE or AIM?

9.9% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Aimia shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Aimia shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, LFE or AIM?

Canadian Life Companies Split has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aimia. Aimia is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Life Companies Split, 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
Canadian Life Companies Split	C$26.15M	2.75	C$15M	C$1.32	5.32
Aimia	C$396.20M	0.65	-C$117M	-C$1.33	-1.98

Which has more volatility & risk, LFE or AIM?

Canadian Life Companies Split has a beta of 2.91, suggesting that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aimia has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate LFE or AIM?

Aimia has a consensus target price of C$4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.09%. Given Aimia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aimia is more favorable than Canadian Life Companies Split.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Life Companies Split	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Aimia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Canadian Life Companies Split beats Aimia on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.