GCP vs. BUR, BPT, EMG, MNKS, CTY, HGT, HICL, HVPE, INPP, and TRIG
Should you be buying GCP Infrastructure Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCP Infrastructure Investments include Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Man Group (EMG), Monks (MNKS), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
GCP Infrastructure Investments vs. Its Competitors
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and GCP Infrastructure Investments (LON:GCP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 62.93%. GCP Infrastructure Investments has a consensus target price of GBX 90, indicating a potential upside of 21.29%. Given Burford Capital's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than GCP Infrastructure Investments.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. GCP Infrastructure Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% 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.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 3 more articles in the media than GCP Infrastructure Investments. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Burford Capital and 4 mentions for GCP Infrastructure Investments. GCP Infrastructure Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.02 indicating that GCP Infrastructure Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to GCP Infrastructure Investments' net margin of 20.96%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat GCP Infrastructure Investments' return on equity.
62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of GCP Infrastructure Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% 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.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than GCP Infrastructure Investments. Burford Capital 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.
Summary
Burford Capital beats GCP Infrastructure Investments on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GCP) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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