Sprott (SII) Competitors

Westaim (CVE:WED) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do analysts rate WED or SII?

Westaim presently has a consensus target price of C$7.75, indicating a potential downside of 73.71%. Sprott has a consensus target price of C$67.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.58%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Westaim.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Westaim	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is WED or SII a better dividend stock?

Westaim pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Westaim pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 61.6% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WED or SII?

12.1% of Westaim shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of Westaim shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WED or SII more profitable?

Westaim has a net margin of 61.76% compared to Sprott's net margin of 22.68%. Westaim's return on equity of 13.13% beat Sprott's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Westaim	61.76%	13.13%	7.60%
Sprott	22.68%	12.85%	10.25%

Does the media favor WED or SII?

In the previous week, Sprott had 4 more articles in the media than Westaim. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Westaim. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Westaim's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Westaim	Neutral
Sprott	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, WED or SII?

Westaim has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sprott. Sprott is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westaim, 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
Westaim	C$104.22M	36.25	C$64.37M	C$0.65	45.35
Sprott	C$182.34M	8.52	C$41.35M	C$2.19	27.92

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WED or SII?

Sprott received 218 more outperform votes than Westaim when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.28% of users gave Westaim an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Westaim	Outperform Votes 106 69.28%	Underperform Votes 47 30.72%
Sprott	Outperform Votes 324 60.34%	Underperform Votes 213 39.66%

Which has more risk and volatility, WED or SII?

Westaim has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sprott beats Westaim on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.