Premium Income (PIC.A) Competitors C$5.15 +0.01 (+0.19%) As of 12:50 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsHeadlinesBuy This Stock PIC.A vs. LBS, BK, XLY, OLY, URB, AIM, SBC, PBY.UN, DC.A, and GDVShould you be buying Premium Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premium Income include Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Urbana (URB), Aimia (AIM), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Dundee (DC.A), and Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Premium Income vs. Life & Banc Split Canadian Banc Auxly Cannabis Group Olympia Financial Group Urbana Aimia Brompton Split Banc Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund Dundee Global Dividend Growth Split Premium Income (TSE:PIC.A) and Life & Banc Split (TSE:LBS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation. Which has better valuation and earnings, PIC.A or LBS? Life & Banc Split has higher revenue and earnings than Premium Income. Premium Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life & Banc Split, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPremium IncomeC$21.10M4.72C$3.78MC$26.18 thousand0.00Life & Banc SplitC$84.19M4.69C$37.43MC$0.7910.63 Which has more risk & volatility, PIC.A or LBS? Premium Income has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Life & Banc Split has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PIC.A or LBS more profitable? Life & Banc Split has a net margin of 44.46% compared to Premium Income's net margin of 17.94%. Life & Banc Split's return on equity of 10.96% beat Premium Income's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Premium Income17.94% 7.93% 3.82% Life & Banc Split 44.46%10.96%4.91% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PIC.A or LBS? Life & Banc Split received 92 more outperform votes than Premium Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.09% of users gave Life & Banc Split an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Premium Income an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPremium IncomeOutperform Votes466.67% Underperform Votes233.33% Life & Banc SplitOutperform Votes9668.09% Underperform Votes4531.91% Does the media favor PIC.A or LBS? In the previous week, Premium Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Life & Banc Split'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Premium Income Neutral Life & Banc Split Neutral Is PIC.A or LBS a better dividend stock? Premium Income pays an annual dividend of C$0.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.8%. Life & Banc Split pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.2%. Premium Income pays out 0.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Life & Banc Split pays out 151.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Premium Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio. SummaryLife & Banc Split beats Premium Income on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Premium Income News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PIC.A and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PIC.A vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPremium IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$99.61MC$1.13BC$4.22BC$5.67BDividend Yield19.03%4.43%4.19%6.44%P/E Ratio0.0026.9916.1630.93Price / Sales4.722,244.591,684.90615.45Price / Cash0.3060.8149.0883.21Price / Book1.861.103.343.59Net IncomeC$3.78MC$259.01MC$1.28BC$299.69M7 Day Performance-3.56%-1.24%-1.01%-1.72%1 Month Performance-4.81%-2.66%5.99%-0.01%1 Year Performance10.78%3.56%9.76%27.89% Premium Income Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PIC.APremium IncomeN/AC$5.15+0.2%N/A+12.5%C$99.81MC$21.10M0.00N/AGap UpLBSLife & Banc SplitN/AC$8.55+0.4%N/A+5.2%C$400.26MC$84.19M10.77N/ABKCanadian BancN/AC$11.28+0.1%N/A+2.2%C$387.65MC$119.67M5.442,018XLYAuxly Cannabis GroupN/AC$0.39+5.4%N/A+0.0%C$289.90MC$35.07M-2.10N/APositive NewsGap UpOLYOlympia Financial Group3.403 of 5 starsC$107.88+0.4%C$143.52+33.0%+0.1%C$259.60MC$102.64M10.62325Insider TradeNews CoverageURBUrbanaN/AC$6.24+0.6%N/A+7.5%C$251.19MC$32.17M3.692AIMAimia2.2465 of 5 starsC$2.44+0.8%C$4.00+63.9%+3.1%C$234.67MC$464.71M-3.0020Analyst ForecastSBCBrompton Split BancN/AC$9.48+1.1%N/A-0.8%C$212.75MC$29.56M7.9840PBY.UNCanso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income FundN/AC$16.00-0.2%N/A+6.3%C$210.24MN/A0.00N/ADC.ADundeeN/AC$2.30+0.9%N/A+134.4%C$198.33MC$6.44M6.76N/AGDVGlobal Dividend Growth SplitN/AC$10.46flatN/A+0.8%C$166.73MC$10.69M2.93N/A Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies LBS Alternatives BK Alternatives XLY Alternatives OLY Alternatives URB Alternatives AIM Alternatives SBC Alternatives PBY.UN Alternatives DC.A Alternatives GDV Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (TSE:PIC.A) was last updated on 4/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNow I look stupid. 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