UNC vs. CIX, FIH.U, SII, GCG.A, GCG, CVG, WED, LBS, CGI, and SEC
Should you be buying United Co.s stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Co.s include CI Financial (CIX), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian General Investments (CGI), and Senvest Capital (SEC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
United Co.s vs. Its Competitors
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and CI Financial (TSE:CIX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, United Co.s had 8 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for United Co.s and 1 mentions for CI Financial. United Co.s' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CI Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that United Co.s is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CI Financial has a consensus target price of C$29.36, suggesting a potential downside of 8.23%. Given CI Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CI Financial is more favorable than United Co.s.
0.2% of United Co.s shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of United Co.s shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. United Co.s pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial pays out -166.8% 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. CI Financial has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
United Co.s has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Co.s, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Co.s has a net margin of 85.56% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.94%. United Co.s' return on equity of 17.19% beat CI Financial's return on equity.
United Co.s has a beta of -0.143612, suggesting that its share price is 114% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United Co.s beats CI Financial on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (TSE:UNC) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
