Capital Gearing (CGT) Competitors

Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is CGT or STJ a better dividend stock?

Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Capital Gearing pays out -9,523.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -140,000.0% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CGT or STJ more profitable?

Capital Gearing has a net margin of 0.00% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.03%. St. James' Place's return on equity of -0.55% beat Capital Gearing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capital Gearing	N/A	-4.45%	-2.63%
St. James's Place	-0.03%	-0.55%	0.22%

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

16.2% of Capital Gearing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Capital Gearing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, CGT or STJ?

Capital Gearing has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CGT or STJ?

St. James's Place has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. St. James's Place 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	-£9.86M	-103.36	-£19.11M	-£0.63	-7,573.22
St. James's Place	£26.80B	0.14	-£6.60M	-£0.01	-71,275.00

Does the media favor CGT or STJ?

In the previous week, Capital Gearing had 4 more articles in the media than St. James's Place. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Capital Gearing and 0 mentions for St. James's Place. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Capital Gearing's score of -0.28 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Capital Gearing	Neutral
St. James's Place	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CGT or STJ?

St. James's Place received 622 more outperform votes than Capital Gearing when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 72.77% of users gave St. James's Place an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capital Gearing	Outperform Votes 121 77.56%	Underperform Votes 35 22.44%
St. James's Place	Outperform Votes 743 72.77%	Underperform Votes 278 27.23%

Do analysts recommend CGT or STJ?

St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 784.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.92%. Given St. James' Place's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place 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)	N/A
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

St. James's Place beats Capital Gearing on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.