GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HICL or GCP?

31.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HICL or GCP more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
GCP Infrastructure Investments	20.96%	1.63%	0.89%

Is HICL or GCP a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 358.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays out 608.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HICL or GCP?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Infrastructure Investments. HICL Infrastructure 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
HICL Infrastructure	£49.90M	46.45	£101.36M	£0.02	5,200.00
GCP Infrastructure Investments	£13.04M	46.40	£15.58M	£0.01	6,278.26

Does the media refer more to HICL or GCP?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 3 more articles in the media than GCP Infrastructure Investments. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	Positive
GCP Infrastructure Investments	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, HICL or GCP?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its share price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HICL or GCP?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus price target of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 24.65%. Given GCP Infrastructure Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GCP Infrastructure Investments is more favorable than HICL Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HICL Infrastructure	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

Summary

HICL Infrastructure and GCP Infrastructure Investments tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.