Urbana (URB) Competitors

Brompton Split Banc (TSE:SBC) and Urbana (TSE:URB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SBC or URB?

Urbana has higher revenue and earnings than Brompton Split Banc. Urbana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brompton Split Banc, 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
Brompton Split Banc	C$35.31M	6.14	C$16.95M	C$0.86	11.48
Urbana	C$127.34M	0.44	C$99.72M	C$2.41	2.35

Which has more volatility & risk, SBC or URB?

Brompton Split Banc has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urbana has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SBC or URB a better dividend stock?

Brompton Split Banc pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. Urbana pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Brompton Split Banc pays out 139.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Urbana pays out 5.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBC or URB?

Brompton Split Banc received 18 more outperform votes than Urbana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave Brompton Split Banc an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Urbana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brompton Split Banc	Outperform Votes 69 65.71%	Underperform Votes 36 34.29%
Urbana	Outperform Votes 51 65.38%	Underperform Votes 27 34.62%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in SBC or URB?

9.6% of Urbana shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.6% of Urbana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SBC or URB more profitable?

Urbana has a net margin of 78.31% compared to Brompton Split Banc's net margin of 48.01%. Urbana's return on equity of 28.02% beat Brompton Split Banc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brompton Split Banc	48.01%	9.94%	5.28%
Urbana	78.31%	28.02%	16.83%

Does the media prefer SBC or URB?

In the previous week, Urbana had 13 more articles in the media than Brompton Split Banc. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Urbana and 0 mentions for Brompton Split Banc. Urbana's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Brompton Split Banc's score of 0.00 indicating that Urbana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brompton Split Banc	Neutral
Urbana	Neutral

Summary

Urbana beats Brompton Split Banc on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.