VersaBank (VBNK) Competitors C$23.90 -0.11 (-0.46%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividend VBNK vs. SII, BITF, HIVE, WED, WFC, PTS, ML, GRN, CARE, and CFWShould you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Westaim (WED), Wall Financial (WFC), Points.com (PTS), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), and Calfrac Well Services (CFW). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. VersaBank vs. Sprott Bitfarms HIVE Digital Technologies Westaim Wall Financial Points.com Millennial Lithium Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) Dialogue Health Technologies Calfrac Well Services VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment. Which has better valuation and earnings, VBNK or SII? VersaBank has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sprott. VersaBank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioVersaBankC$113.82M5.45C$45.72MC$1.7613.58SprottC$182.34M8.57C$41.35MC$2.1928.08 Is VBNK or SII more profitable? VersaBank has a net margin of 41.04% compared to Sprott's net margin of 22.68%. Sprott's return on equity of 12.85% beat VersaBank's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets VersaBank41.04% 12.07% 1.10% Sprott 22.68%12.85%10.25% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VBNK or SII? 21.6% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 38.8% of VersaBank shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Is VBNK or SII a better dividend stock? VersaBank pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. VersaBank pays out 5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 61.6% 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. Do analysts prefer VBNK or SII? VersaBank currently has a consensus price target of C$12.00, indicating a potential downside of 49.79%. Sprott has a consensus price target of C$67.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Given Sprott's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than VersaBank.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score VersaBank 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Sprott 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.50 Which has more volatility and risk, VBNK or SII? VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community favor VBNK or SII? Sprott received 321 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVersaBankOutperform Votes2100.00% Underperform VotesNo VotesSprottOutperform Votes32360.26% Underperform Votes21339.74% Does the media prefer VBNK or SII? In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for VersaBank. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat VersaBank's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment VersaBank Neutral Sprott Positive SummarySprott beats VersaBank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VBNK vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVersaBankBanks IndustryFinancial SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$620.44MC$5.08BC$3.26BC$6.25BDividend Yield0.48%4.44%4.58%5.27%P/E Ratio13.5856.59441.0926.81Price / Sales5.4547.703,275.461,531.29Price / CashN/A1.6648.2383.81Price / Book1.570.651.483.15Net IncomeC$45.72MC$2.54BC$396.75MC$299.38M7 Day Performance3.91%0.03%0.14%0.76%1 Month Performance14.63%-0.77%7.05%12.82%1 Year Performance125.05%16.30%15.55%44.03% VersaBank Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VBNKVersaBank0.6605 of 5 starsC$23.90-0.5%C$12.00-49.8%+127.6%C$620.44MC$113.82M13.58100High Trading VolumeSIISprott1.474 of 5 starsC$61.50+0.8%C$67.00+8.9%+47.6%C$1.56BC$182.34M28.08170Dividend IncreaseEx-DividendPositive NewsBITFBitfarms2.4697 of 5 starsC$3.03-2.6%C$6.50+114.5%+88.2%C$1.37BC$172.70M-6.06110HIVEHIVE Digital Technologies0.4479 of 5 starsC$5.78-3.7%C$9.00+55.7%+42.7%C$686.20MC$123.14M-12.2720Gap UpWEDWestaim0.2181 of 5 starsC$4.91-0.4%C$4.75-3.3%+29.2%C$629.32MC$104.22M7.553,240Analyst RevisionNews CoverageWFCWall FinancialN/AC$18.50-0.5%N/A-4.2%C$594.78MC$186.46M24.03238,000News CoveragePTSPoints.comN/AN/AN/AN/AC$480.57MC$432.40M169.26240,000MLMillennial LithiumN/AC$4.04+2.0%N/A+0.0%C$395.36MN/A-20.20560Gap DownGRNGreenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V)N/AC$2.78+16.3%C$0.05-98.2%+0.0%C$368.17MC$16.93M-102.9649Gap UpCAREDialogue Health TechnologiesN/AN/AN/AN/AC$345.36MC$95.88M-17.13730CFWCalfrac Well Services3.0971 of 5 starsC$3.97+0.8%C$4.83+21.7%-15.5%C$340.63MC$1.66B1.77730 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies SII Alternatives BITF Alternatives HIVE Alternatives WED Alternatives WFC Alternatives PTS Alternatives ML Alternatives GRN Alternatives CARE Alternatives CFW Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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