Wall Financial (WFC) Competitors

Sprott (TSE:SII) and Wall Financial (TSE:WFC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SII or WFC?

Sprott received 265 more outperform votes than Wall Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave Wall Financial an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sprott	Outperform Votes 325 60.41%	Underperform Votes 213 39.59%
Wall Financial	Outperform Votes 60 72.29%	Underperform Votes 23 27.71%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SII or WFC?

41.5% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.0% of Wall Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 69.7% of Wall Financial shares are owned by company 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 SII or WFC more profitable?

Sprott has a net margin of 28.20% compared to Wall Financial's net margin of 12.82%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Wall Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sprott	28.20%	15.02%	10.25%
Wall Financial	12.82%	14.98%	4.20%

Is SII or WFC a better dividend stock?

Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Wall Financial pays an annual dividend of C$3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.7%. Sprott pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wall Financial pays out 387.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate SII or WFC?

Sprott currently has a consensus target price of C$67.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Sprott's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Sprott is more favorable than Wall Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sprott	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Wall Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer SII or WFC?

In the previous week, Sprott had 2 more articles in the media than Wall Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Wall Financial. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Wall Financial'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sprott	Neutral
Wall Financial	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SII or WFC?

Sprott has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wall Financial has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SII or WFC?

Sprott has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Wall Financial. Wall Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, 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
Sprott	C$114.38M	9.75	C$32.26M	C$2.57	24.31
Wall Financial	C$193.65M	2.29	C$24.83M	C$0.77	17.86

Summary

Sprott beats Wall Financial on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.