CGT vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, RCP, BUR, BPT, MNKS, and HVPE
Should you be buying Capital Gearing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Gearing include Alliance Trust (ATST), abrdn (ABDN), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Capital Gearing vs. Its Competitors
Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services 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, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capital Gearing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Gearing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 1 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Capital Gearing and 1 mentions for Alliance Trust. Alliance Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Capital Gearing's score of -0.30 indicating that Alliance Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, indicating that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.17%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.
Summary
Capital Gearing and Alliance Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CGT) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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