GSY vs. AD.UN, CHW, VPY, CBL, ACD, RFC, CRWN, MPT, RNP, and MIT
Should you be buying goeasy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of goeasy include Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), Chesswood Group (CHW), Versapay (VPY), Callidus Capital (CBL), Accord Financial (ACD), Rifco (RFC), Crown Capital Partners (CRWN), Midpoint (MPT), Royalty North Partners (RNP), and Mint (MIT). These companies are all part of the "credit services" industry.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (TSE:AD.UN) and goeasy (TSE:GSY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) currently has a consensus price target of C$20.70, indicating a potential upside of 31.43%. goeasy has a consensus price target of C$208.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.39%. Given goeasy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is more favorable than goeasy.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) received 81 more outperform votes than goeasy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.85% of users gave goeasy an outperform vote while only 70.87% of users gave Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) an outperform vote.
In the previous week, goeasy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'saverage media sentiment score.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a beta of 2.1, indicating that its stock price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, goeasy has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
goeasy has higher revenue and earnings than Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN). Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than goeasy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. goeasy pays an annual dividend of C$4.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. goeasy pays out 31.5% 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. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) has a net margin of 88.30% compared to Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s net margin of 33.32%. Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN)'s return on equity of 25.47% beat goeasy's return on equity.
5.9% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of goeasy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.2% of goeasy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
goeasy beats Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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