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 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.

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

9.9% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.6% of Aimia shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Canadian Life Companies Split shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Aimia 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.

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%

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, LFE or AIM?

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

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 19.5%. Aimia pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.4%. 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.

Do analysts prefer LFE or AIM?

Aimia has a consensus price target of C$4.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.48%. Given Aimia's 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)	N/A
Aimia	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	2.41	C$15M	C$1.32	4.66
Aimia	C$396.20M	0.63	-C$117M	-C$1.33	-1.92

Does the media favor LFE or AIM?

In the previous week, Aimia had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Life Companies Split. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aimia and 1 mentions for Canadian Life Companies Split. Aimia's average media sentiment score of -0.25 beat Canadian Life Companies Split's score of -0.76 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Aimia	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Canadian Life Companies Split beats Aimia on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.