GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) Competitors

Monks (LON:MNKS) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts prefer MNKS or GCP?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus target price of GBX 90, indicating a potential upside of 22.48%. Given GCP Infrastructure Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GCP Infrastructure Investments is more favorable than Monks.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Monks	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MNKS or GCP a better dividend stock?

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 402.9% 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 MNKS or GCP?

In the previous week, Monks had 14 more articles in the media than GCP Infrastructure Investments. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Monks and 2 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Monks' score of -0.05 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Monks	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MNKS or GCP?

20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Monks shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MNKS or GCP?

Monks has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Infrastructure Investments. Monks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCP Infrastructure Investments, 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
Monks	£610.03M	4.49	£589.71M	£308.06	4.61
GCP Infrastructure Investments	£74.34M	8.87	£15.58M	£1.74	42.29

Is MNKS or GCP more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%
GCP Infrastructure Investments	20.96%	1.63%	0.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, MNKS or GCP?

Monks has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Monks beats GCP Infrastructure Investments on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.