VBNK vs. SII, BITF, PTS, WFC, HIVE, ML, GRN, CARE, CFW, and MSL
Should you be buying VersaBank stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VersaBank include Sprott (SII), Bitfarms (BITF), Points.com (PTS), Wall Financial (WFC), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Millennial Lithium (ML), Greenlane Renewables Inc. (GRN.V) (GRN), Dialogue Health Technologies (CARE), Calfrac Well Services (CFW), and Merus Labs International (MSL). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
VersaBank vs.
Sprott (TSE:SII) and VersaBank (TSE:VBNK) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Sprott received 323 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of VersaBank shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of VersaBank 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.
Sprott presently has a consensus target price of C$67.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.77%. VersaBank has a consensus target price of C$20.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.50%. Given VersaBank's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe VersaBank is more favorable than Sprott.
Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to VersaBank's net margin of 19.94%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat VersaBank's return on equity.
In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 1 mentions for VersaBank. VersaBank's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Sprott's score of 0.00 indicating that VersaBank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sprott has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. VersaBank pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VersaBank pays out 6.5% 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.
VersaBank has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Summary
Sprott beats VersaBank on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
