Urbana (URB) Competitors

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

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 11.9%. Urbana pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SBC or URB?

9.6% of Urbana shares are held by institutional investors. 57.6% of Urbana shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Does the media prefer SBC or URB?

In the previous week, Urbana had 11 more articles in the media than Brompton Split Banc. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Urbana and 0 mentions for Brompton Split Banc. Brompton Split Banc's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Urbana's score of -0.34 indicating that Brompton Split Banc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brompton Split Banc	Neutral
Urbana	Neutral

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%

Which has more risk and volatility, SBC or URB?

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

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	6.28	C$16.95M	C$0.86	11.74
Urbana	C$127.34M	0.48	C$99.72M	C$2.41	2.54

Summary

Urbana beats Brompton Split Banc on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.