Olympia Financial Group (OLY) Competitors

Olympia Financial Group (TSE:OLY) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer OLY or GCG?

Olympia Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of C$143.52, indicating a potential upside of 40.28%. Guardian Capital Group has a consensus target price of C$51.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.68%. Given Olympia Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Olympia Financial Group is more favorable than Guardian Capital Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Olympia Financial Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Guardian Capital Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is OLY or GCG a better dividend stock?

Olympia Financial Group pays an annual dividend of C$7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Olympia Financial Group pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guardian Capital Group pays out 33.2% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, OLY or GCG?

Olympia Financial Group has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OLY or GCG?

Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Olympia Financial Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympia Financial Group, 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
Olympia Financial Group	C$102.64M	2.40	C$24.45M	C$10.16	10.07
Guardian Capital Group	C$290.83M	3.38	C$108.81M	C$4.46	9.02

Does the media refer more to OLY or GCG?

In the previous week, Olympia Financial Group had 1 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Olympia Financial Group and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Olympia Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guardian Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Olympia Financial Group	Neutral
Guardian Capital Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OLY or GCG?

Guardian Capital Group received 105 more outperform votes than Olympia Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.38% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave Olympia Financial Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Olympia Financial Group	Outperform Votes 66 56.41%	Underperform Votes 51 43.59%
Guardian Capital Group	Outperform Votes 171 59.38%	Underperform Votes 117 40.63%

Is OLY or GCG more profitable?

Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 37.41% compared to Olympia Financial Group's net margin of 23.82%. Olympia Financial Group's return on equity of 64.95% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Olympia Financial Group	23.82%	64.95%	35.88%
Guardian Capital Group	37.41%	8.33%	2.48%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OLY or GCG?

1.2% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Guardian Capital Group beats Olympia Financial Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.