CGT vs. ATST, ABDN, 3IN, PHLL, RCP, JGGI, BUR, EMG, HICL, and CTY
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), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), and City of London (CTY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Capital Gearing vs. Its Competitors
Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) and Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
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.
Capital Gearing received 11 more outperform votes than Alliance Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote.
Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% 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.
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's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Capital Gearing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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 pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capital Gearing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Capital Gearing beats Alliance Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:CGT) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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