GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, QLT or GCP?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCP Infrastructure Investments has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to QLT or GCP?

In the previous week, Quilter had 9 more articles in the media than GCP Infrastructure Investments. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Quilter and 1 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is QLT or GCP more profitable?

GCP Infrastructure Investments has a net margin of 20.96% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
GCP Infrastructure Investments	20.96%	1.63%	0.89%

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

45.6% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.4% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend QLT or GCP?

Quilter presently has a consensus price target of GBX 184.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.92%. GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus price target of GBX 90, indicating a potential upside of 23.12%. Given GCP Infrastructure Investments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GCP Infrastructure Investments is more favorable than Quilter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
GCP Infrastructure Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, QLT or GCP?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Infrastructure Investments. Quilter 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
Quilter	£4.60B	0.52	£49.61M	-£0.00	-170,800.00
GCP Infrastructure Investments	£13.04M	46.91	£15.58M	£0.01	6,356.52

Is QLT or GCP a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Quilter pays out -5,900.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

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