Capital Gearing (CGT) Competitors

Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CGT or ABDN?

Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its share price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CGT or ABDN?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. abrdn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Capital Gearing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capital Gearing	£17.92M	50.29	£45.77M	£245.96	19.70
abrdn	£1.49B	2.34	£316.36M	£17.59	11.09

Is CGT or ABDN a better dividend stock?

Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer CGT or ABDN?

In the previous week, abrdn had 10 more articles in the media than Capital Gearing. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for abrdn and 1 mentions for Capital Gearing. Capital Gearing's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat abrdn's score of 0.58 indicating that Capital Gearing is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capital Gearing	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend CGT or ABDN?

abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 195.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.23%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Capital Gearing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capital Gearing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CGT or ABDN?

16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CGT or ABDN more profitable?

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 255.48% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.46% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Gearing	255.48%	5.25%	-2.63%
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%

Summary

abrdn beats Capital Gearing on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.