UNC vs. CIX, WED, FIH.U, SII, CVG, GCG.A, SEC, CGI, DFN, and FSZ
Should you be buying United Co.s stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Co.s include CI Financial (CIX), Westaim (WED), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Fiera Capital (FSZ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
United Co.s vs.
United Co.s (TSE:UNC) and CI Financial (TSE:CIX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
United Co.s has a net margin of 83.09% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.54%. United Co.s' return on equity of 16.47% beat CI Financial's return on equity.
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 beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CI Financial has a consensus target price of C$27.94, suggesting a potential downside of 9.94%. Given CI Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CI Financial is more favorable than United Co.s.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CI Financial received 368 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 58.03% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.
United Co.s pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. United Co.s pays out 3.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial pays out -296.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, United Co.s had 1 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for United Co.s and 5 mentions for CI Financial. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat United Co.s' score of -0.13 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
United Co.s and CI Financial tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:UNC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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