OPY vs. GAMI, AC, TIGR, WT, NAVI, MVF, ORC, IVR, MLP, and RWAY
Should you be buying Oppenheimer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oppenheimer include GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Associated Capital Group (AC), UP Fintech (TIGR), WisdomTree (WT), Navient (NAVI), BlackRock MuniVest Fund (MVF), Orchid Island Capital (ORC), Invesco Mortgage Capital (IVR), Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP), and Runway Growth Finance (RWAY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Oppenheimer (NYSE:OPY) and GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Oppenheimer's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled GAMCO Investors'average media sentiment score.
GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 25.81% compared to Oppenheimer's net margin of 3.25%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 34.27% beat Oppenheimer's return on equity.
GAMCO Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Oppenheimer. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oppenheimer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oppenheimer pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Oppenheimer pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GAMCO Investors pays out 6.7% 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.
32.3% of Oppenheimer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of Oppenheimer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Oppenheimer received 303 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.
Oppenheimer has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAMCO Investors has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Oppenheimer and GAMCO Investors tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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