Sprott (SII) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SII or WED?

Sprott currently has a consensus price target of C$67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.77%. Westaim has a consensus price target of C$7.75, suggesting a potential downside of 75.44%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Westaim.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SII or WED?

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SII or WED?

41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.1% of Westaim shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of Westaim shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SII or WED a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Westaim pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westaim pays out 40.7% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SII or WED?

Sprott has higher revenue and earnings than Westaim. 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
Sprott	C$114.38M	9.63	C$32.26M	C$2.57	24.01
Westaim	C$10.20M	45.70	C$4.52M	C$0.44	71.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SII or WED?

Sprott received 219 more outperform votes than Westaim when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.28% of users gave Westaim an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 325 60.41%	Underperform Votes 213 39.59%
Westaim	Outperform Votes 106 69.28%	Underperform Votes 47 30.72%

Is SII or WED more profitable?

Westaim has a net margin of 44.28% compared to Sprott's net margin of 28.20%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Westaim's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	28.20%	15.02%	10.25%
Westaim	44.28%	7.76%	7.60%

Does the media prefer SII or WED?

In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than Westaim. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 1 mentions for Westaim. Westaim's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that Westaim is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Westaim	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Sprott beats Westaim on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.