CGT vs. RCP, BPT, MNKS, CTY, QLT, HICL, HGT, INPP, JTC, and AJB
Should you be buying Capital Gearing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capital Gearing include RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), Quilter (QLT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), JTC (JTC), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Capital Gearing vs. Its Competitors
RIT Capital Partners (LON:RCP) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.
8.4% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.9% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.6% of RIT Capital Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Capital Gearing 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.
RIT Capital Partners has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500.
RIT Capital Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. RIT Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Gearing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to RIT Capital Partners' net margin of 162.20%. Capital Gearing's return on equity of 5.25% beat RIT Capital Partners' return on equity.
In the previous week, RIT Capital Partners had 3 more articles in the media than Capital Gearing. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for RIT Capital Partners and 1 mentions for Capital Gearing. RIT Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Capital Gearing's score of 0.00 indicating that RIT Capital Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RIT Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. RIT Capital Partners pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Gearing pays out 0.4% 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. RIT Capital Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
RIT Capital Partners beats Capital Gearing on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CGT) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff