UNC vs. ONEX, CIX, FIH.U, SII, GCG, CVG, GCG.A, SEC, CGI, and DFN
Should you be buying United Co.s stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Co.s include Onex (ONEX), CI Financial (CIX), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
United Co.s vs.
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and Onex (TSE:ONEX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Onex had 1 more articles in the media than United Co.s. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Onex and 2 mentions for United Co.s. United Co.s' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Onex's score of 0.30 indicating that United Co.s is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Onex pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. United Co.s pays out 3.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Onex pays out 3.2% 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.
Onex has higher revenue and earnings than United Co.s. United Co.s is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Onex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Co.s has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Onex has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Co.s has a net margin of 85.56% compared to Onex's net margin of 68.42%. United Co.s' return on equity of 17.19% beat Onex's return on equity.
Onex has a consensus price target of C$129.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.89%. Given Onex's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Onex is more favorable than United Co.s.
40.1% of Onex shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of United Co.s shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.0% of Onex 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.
Onex received 216 more outperform votes than United Co.s when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.07% of users gave United Co.s an outperform vote while only 57.03% of users gave Onex an outperform vote.
Summary
Onex beats United Co.s on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:UNC) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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