SII vs. BLX, HUT, BITF, VBNK, PTS, WED, ML, GRN, WFC, and CARE
Should you be buying Sprott stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sprott include Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Bitfarms (BITF), VersaBank (VBNK), Points.com (PTS), Westaim (WED), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Wall Financial (WFC), and Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Sprott vs.
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Boralex (TSE:BLX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boralex has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Boralex pays an annual dividend of C$0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boralex pays out 96.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to Boralex's net margin of 7.55%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Boralex's return on equity.
Boralex has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Sprott is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boralex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Boralex shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Boralex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sprott currently has a consensus target price of C$69.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Boralex has a consensus target price of C$40.25, suggesting a potential upside of 37.56%. Given Boralex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Boralex is more favorable than Sprott.
Boralex received 65 more outperform votes than Sprott when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Boralex an outperform vote while only 60.70% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sprott had 2 more articles in the media than Boralex. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Boralex. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Boralex'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
Boralex beats Sprott on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:SII) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
