ELF vs. SFC, MFC, GWO, POW, X, IAG, IGM, ONEX, DFY, and EQB
Should you be buying E-L Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of E-L Financial include Sagicor Financial (SFC), Manulife Financial (MFC), Great-West Lifeco (GWO), Power Co. of Canada (POW), TMX Group (X), iA Financial (IAG), IGM Financial (IGM), Onex (ONEX), Definity Financial (DFY), and EQB (EQB). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Sagicor Financial (TSE:SFC) and E-L Financial (TSE:ELF) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Sagicor Financial had 1 more articles in the media than E-L Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sagicor Financial and 1 mentions for E-L Financial. Sagicor Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat E-L Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that E-L Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
E-L Financial received 88 more outperform votes than Sagicor Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Sagicor Financial an outperform vote while only 71.20% of users gave E-L Financial an outperform vote.
E-L Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Sagicor Financial. Sagicor Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than E-L Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sagicor Financial has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, E-L Financial has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
0.3% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.3% of E-L Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of Sagicor Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.8% of E-L Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
E-L Financial has a net margin of 39.01% compared to E-L Financial's net margin of 31.60%. E-L Financial's return on equity of 59.06% beat Sagicor Financial's return on equity.
Sagicor Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. E-L Financial pays an annual dividend of C$15.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sagicor Financial pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. E-L Financial pays out 4.8% 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
E-L Financial beats Sagicor Financial on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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