GCMG vs. IVZ, HLNE, JHG, AMG, STEP, LAZ, MC, AB, CNS, and APAM
Should you be buying GCM Grosvenor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCM Grosvenor include Invesco (IVZ), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), StepStone Group (STEP), Lazard (LAZ), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), Cohen & Steers (CNS), and Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Invesco (NYSE:IVZ) and GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Invesco had 1 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Invesco and 4 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. Invesco's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat GCM Grosvenor's score of 0.65 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GCM Grosvenor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Invesco. GCM Grosvenor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invesco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GCM Grosvenor has a net margin of 3.55% compared to GCM Grosvenor's net margin of -1.74%. GCM Grosvenor's return on equity of 7.84% beat Invesco's return on equity.
Invesco pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Invesco pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCM Grosvenor pays out -137.5% 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. Invesco has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and GCM Grosvenor has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Invesco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Invesco presently has a consensus price target of $16.79, indicating a potential upside of 6.89%. GCM Grosvenor has a consensus price target of $10.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.21%. Given Invesco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than Invesco.
Invesco has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Invesco received 801 more outperform votes than GCM Grosvenor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.98% of users gave Invesco an outperform vote while only 58.49% of users gave GCM Grosvenor an outperform vote.
66.1% of Invesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Invesco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GCM Grosvenor beats Invesco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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