Onex (ONEX) Competitors

Onex (TSE:ONEX) and Brookfield Asset Management (TSE:BAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the media favor ONEX or BAM?

In the previous week, Onex and Onex both had 2 articles in the media. Brookfield Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Onex's score of 0.36 indicating that Brookfield Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Onex	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ONEX or BAM a better dividend stock?

Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Brookfield Asset Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Onex pays out 2.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Brookfield Asset Management pays out 136.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ONEX or BAM?

Onex received 47 more outperform votes than Brookfield Asset Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.45% of users gave Brookfield Asset Management an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Onex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Onex	Outperform Votes 296 57.14%	Underperform Votes 222 42.86%
Brookfield Asset Management	Outperform Votes 249 73.45%	Underperform Votes 90 26.55%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ONEX or BAM?

Onex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brookfield Asset Management. Onex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Asset Management, 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
Onex	C$1.10B	7.68	C$807M	C$14.03	7.91
Brookfield Asset Management	C$3.89B	8.65	C$443M	C$1.50	53.57

Is ONEX or BAM more profitable?

Onex has a net margin of 73.63% compared to Brookfield Asset Management's net margin of 0.00%. Brookfield Asset Management's return on equity of 16.13% beat Onex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Onex	73.63%	9.64%	4.04%
Brookfield Asset Management	N/A	16.13%	0.88%

Do analysts prefer ONEX or BAM?

Onex currently has a consensus price target of C$130.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.49%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Onex is more favorable than Brookfield Asset Management.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Onex	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Brookfield Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ONEX or BAM?

40.1% of Onex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Onex shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Brookfield Asset Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Onex beats Brookfield Asset Management on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.