Senvest Capital (SEC) Competitors

CI Financial (TSE:CIX) and Senvest Capital (TSE:SEC) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CIX or SEC?

CI Financial received 371 more outperform votes than Senvest Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Senvest Capital an outperform vote while only 58.58% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CI Financial	Outperform Votes 447 58.58%	Underperform Votes 316 41.42%
Senvest Capital	Outperform Votes 76 70.37%	Underperform Votes 32 29.63%

Is CIX or SEC more profitable?

Senvest Capital has a net margin of -0.46% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.54%. Senvest Capital's return on equity of -0.04% beat CI Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CI Financial	-1.54%	-4.48%	4.87%
Senvest Capital	-0.46%	-0.04%	1.01%

Which has more risk & volatility, CIX or SEC?

CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senvest Capital has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CIX or SEC?

Senvest Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CI Financial. Senvest Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CI Financial, 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
CI Financial	C$3.50B	0.93	-C$53.93M	-C$0.27	-85.04
Senvest Capital	C$162.84M	4.89	C$92.17M	-C$0.33	-984.85

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CIX or SEC?

15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 61.1% of Senvest Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer CIX or SEC?

CI Financial currently has a consensus price target of C$20.25, indicating a potential downside of 11.80%. Given CI Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CI Financial is more favorable than Senvest Capital.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CI Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Senvest Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor CIX or SEC?

In the previous week, Senvest Capital had 2 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Senvest Capital and 2 mentions for CI Financial. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Senvest Capital's score of 0.54 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CI Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Senvest Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CI Financial beats Senvest Capital on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.