Capital Gearing (CGT) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ABDN or CGT?

38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held 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.

Is ABDN or CGT 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
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Capital Gearing	255.48%	5.25%	-2.63%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ABDN or CGT?

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
abrdn	£1.49B	2.31	£316.36M	£17.59	10.93
Capital Gearing	£17.92M	49.72	£45.77M	£245.96	19.47

Is ABDN or CGT a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. Capital Gearing pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility & risk, ABDN or CGT?

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

Does the media favor ABDN or CGT?

In the previous week, abrdn had 7 more articles in the media than Capital Gearing. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for abrdn and 2 mentions for Capital Gearing. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Capital Gearing's score of 0.58 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Do analysts recommend ABDN or CGT?

abrdn currently has a consensus target price of GBX 184.33, indicating a potential downside of 4.14%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Capital Gearing.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Capital Gearing	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

abrdn beats Capital Gearing on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.