VBNK vs. SII, BITF, WFC, HIVE, PTS, 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), Wall Financial (WFC), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Points.com (PTS), 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
41.5% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of VersaBank shares are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.8% of VersaBank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Sprott received 321 more outperform votes than VersaBank when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave VersaBank an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Sprott had 2 more articles in the media than VersaBank. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for VersaBank. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat VersaBank's score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sprott currently has a consensus target price of C$67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. VersaBank has a consensus target price of C$20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.04%. Given Sprott's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than VersaBank.
VersaBank has lower revenue, but higher 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.
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.
Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VersaBank has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock 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 0.5%. Sprott pays out 61.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. VersaBank pays out 5.7% 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.
Summary
Sprott beats VersaBank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:VBNK) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff