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Capital Gearing (CGT) Competitors

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GBX 4,904.01 -5.99 (-0.12%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
RIT Capital Partners£304.80M9.32£167.81M£186.6010.98
Capital Gearing£37.55M21.51£45.77M£179.8027.27

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
RIT Capital Partners162.20% 4.70% 4.22%
Capital Gearing 255.48%5.25%-2.63%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
RIT Capital Partners
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Capital Gearing
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CGT vs. The Competition

MetricCapital GearingAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£807.49M£1.44B£4.81B£2.56B
Dividend Yield2.08%4.72%4.40%5.38%
P/E Ratio27.27500.30245.34950.76
Price / Sales21.511,969.781,368.2599,148.43
Price / Cash29.7660.4648.9327.90
Price / Book1.081.363.538.18
Net Income£45.77M£264.59M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.02%-0.30%-0.42%-0.52%
1 Month Performance0.91%-0.24%0.47%0.87%
1 Year Performance2.92%7.35%42.16%130.40%

Capital Gearing Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,904.01
-0.1%
N/A+3.0%£807.49M£37.55M27.27N/A
RCP
RIT Capital Partners
N/AGBX 2,010
-0.5%
N/A+11.6%£2.79B£304.80M1,077.1762
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.7546 of 5 stars
GBX 322.91
+2.7%
GBX 388
+20.2%
-15.8%£2.66B£444.20M6,092.55391
MNKS
Monks
N/AGBX 1,502
-0.4%
N/A+22.8%£2.60B-£12.00M-18,031.21N/ATrending News
CTY
City of London
N/AGBX 510
-0.6%
N/A+15.0%£2.55B£344.24M735.82N/ADividend Announcement
QLT
Quilter
1.3555 of 5 stars
GBX 176.40
+2.0%
GBX 180.40
+2.3%
+15.5%£2.45B£4.60B-176,400.002,983News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
HICL
HICL Infrastructure
N/AGBX 120
-0.5%
N/A-6.1%£2.31B£49.90M5,217.39N/A
HGT
HgCapital Trust
N/AGBX 500
-0.2%
N/AN/A£2.29B£86.34M2,922.27N/APositive News
INPP
International Public Partnerships
N/AGBX 122.20
-0.5%
N/A-4.5%£2.24B£128.46M1,799.71N/A
JTC
JTC
0.6147 of 5 stars
GBX 1,318
+0.9%
GBX 1,208.33
-8.3%
+15.7%£2.21B£330.89M-11,274.591,603
AJB
AJ Bell
2.6139 of 5 stars
GBX 541.50
-0.7%
GBX 521.67
-3.7%
+9.6%£2.18B£291.42M2,508.111,373Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
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