CGI vs. TRIG, EMG, MRC, MYI, ATT, SSON, FEV, N91, PNL, and WTAN
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Man Group (EMG), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Murray International (MYI), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Ninety One Group (N91), Personal Assets (PNL), and Witan Investment Trust (WTAN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments vs. Its Competitors
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (LON:TRIG) and Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.
37.0% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of The Renewables Infrastructure Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 82.7% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 100, indicating a potential upside of 33.69%. Given The Renewables Infrastructure Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe The Renewables Infrastructure Group is more favorable than Canadian General Investments.
Canadian General Investments has higher revenue and earnings than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian General Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. The Renewables Infrastructure Group pays out -85.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian General Investments pays out 11.7% 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. The Renewables Infrastructure Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 80.99% compared to The Renewables Infrastructure Group's net margin of 46.95%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 13.23% beat The Renewables Infrastructure Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Canadian General Investments had 1 more articles in the media than The Renewables Infrastructure Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Canadian General Investments and 0 mentions for The Renewables Infrastructure Group. The Renewables Infrastructure Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Canadian General Investments'average media sentiment score.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats The Renewables Infrastructure Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CGI) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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