URB vs. CVG, SEC, GCG.A, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, WED, GS, and LBS
Should you be buying Urbana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Urbana include Clairvest Group (CVG), Senvest Capital (SEC), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Westaim (WED), Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Urbana vs.
Clairvest Group (TSE:CVG) and Urbana (TSE:URB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
Clairvest Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Urbana pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Clairvest Group pays out 1.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Urbana pays out 7.1% 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.
Clairvest Group has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Urbana has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Urbana had 11 more articles in the media than Clairvest Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Urbana and 1 mentions for Clairvest Group. Clairvest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Urbana's score of -0.09 indicating that Clairvest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Clairvest Group received 83 more outperform votes than Urbana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.29% of users gave Clairvest Group an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Urbana an outperform vote.
Clairvest Group has higher revenue and earnings than Urbana. Urbana is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clairvest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Urbana has a net margin of 205.53% compared to Clairvest Group's net margin of 66.09%. Urbana's return on equity of 16.84% beat Clairvest Group's return on equity.
0.2% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.6% of Urbana shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.3% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.6% of Urbana shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Clairvest Group beats Urbana on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:URB) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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