CGI vs. JEGI, LIO, NESF, PAC, PCGH, UEM, POLN, JUP, AAS, and ATR
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Pacific Assets (PAC), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Jupiter Fund Management (JUP), abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), and Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment (ATR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) and JPMorgan European Growth & Income (LON:JEGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 58 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Canadian General Investments pays out 1,191.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays out 2,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian General Investments received 44 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.
JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a net margin of 93.71% compared to Canadian General Investments' net margin of 86.93%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income's return on equity of 18.83% beat Canadian General Investments' return on equity.
In the previous week, JPMorgan European Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan European Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Canadian General Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's score of -0.27 indicating that Canadian General Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian General Investments has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Growth & Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian General Investments and JPMorgan European Growth & Income tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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