VCTR vs. DBRG, FHI, AMK, CNS, APAM, HPH, PJT, MC, AB, and STEP
Should you be buying Victory Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victory Capital include DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Federated Hermes (FHI), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Highest Performances (HPH), PJT Partners (PJT), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Victory Capital received 174 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.89% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 40.82% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 25.96% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 12.33%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 28.70% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
Victory Capital has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.7% of Victory Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Victory Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group 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.
In the previous week, Victory Capital had 12 more articles in the media than DigitalBridge Group. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Victory Capital and 3 mentions for DigitalBridge Group. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victory Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DigitalBridge Group. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victory Capital currently has a consensus target price of $46.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.95%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $22.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.52%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Victory Capital.
Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Victory Capital pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 8.2% 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.
Summary
Victory Capital beats DigitalBridge Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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