GROW vs. BANX, ERES, WHG, GECC, HNNA, PHCF, HYW, MRCC, SAMG, and MN
Should you be buying U.S. Global Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of U.S. Global Investors include ArrowMark Financial (BANX), East Resources Acquisition (ERES), Westwood Holdings Group (WHG), Great Elm Capital (GECC), Hennessy Advisors (HNNA), Puhui Wealth Investment Management (PHCF), Hywin (HYW), Monroe Capital (MRCC), Silvercrest Asset Management Group (SAMG), and Manning & Napier (MN). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW) and ArrowMark Financial (NASDAQ:BANX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
23.6% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of ArrowMark Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ArrowMark Financial has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Global Investors.
U.S. Global Investors has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ArrowMark Financial has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
U.S. Global Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. ArrowMark Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. U.S. Global Investors pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
ArrowMark Financial received 130 more outperform votes than U.S. Global Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.27% of users gave ArrowMark Financial an outperform vote while only 42.52% of users gave U.S. Global Investors an outperform vote.
U.S. Global Investors has a net margin of 13.08% compared to ArrowMark Financial's net margin of 0.00%. U.S. Global Investors' return on equity of 3.05% beat ArrowMark Financial's return on equity.
In the previous week, U.S. Global Investors had 1 more articles in the media than ArrowMark Financial. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for U.S. Global Investors and 1 mentions for ArrowMark Financial. U.S. Global Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ArrowMark Financial'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
ArrowMark Financial beats U.S. Global Investors on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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