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Associated Capital Group (AC) Competitors

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$31.00 -2.36 (-7.07%)
Closing price 09/4/2025
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AC vs. GCMG, NSA, IVT, ABR, DBRG, WT, TIGR, GNL, AAMI, and PGRE

Should you be buying Associated Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Capital Group include GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), WisdomTree (WT), UP Fintech (TIGR), Global Net Lease (GNL), Acadian Asset Management (AAMI), and Paramount Group (PGRE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

Associated Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) and Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.

99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 76.4% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 88.7% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 451.70% compared to GCM Grosvenor's net margin of 5.18%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 5.98% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor5.18% -149.74% 19.54%
Associated Capital Group 451.70%5.98%5.65%

GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. GCM Grosvenor pays out 293.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Capital Group pays out 7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

GCM Grosvenor currently has a consensus target price of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 22.22%. Given GCM Grosvenor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Associated Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, GCM Grosvenor and GCM Grosvenor both had 2 articles in the media. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Associated Capital Group's score of -1.00 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
GCM Grosvenor Positive
Associated Capital Group Negative

GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Associated Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GCM Grosvenor. Associated Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCM Grosvenor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GCM Grosvenor$543.74M4.42$18.69M$0.1582.50
Associated Capital Group$11.91M54.93$44.33M$2.5312.25

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats Associated Capital Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AC vs. The Competition

MetricAssociated Capital GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$653.91M$13.39B$12.57B$21.32B
Dividend Yield0.65%5.97%5.44%3.52%
P/E Ratio12.2525.54239.0429.10
Price / Sales54.937.7631.6982.36
Price / Cash14.6616.0622.7724.47
Price / Book0.742.732.264.51
Net Income$44.33M$557.00M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-2.76%-1.23%-1.51%
1 Month Performance-5.95%-1.81%1.07%1.81%
1 Year Performance-9.96%8.30%540.19%13.44%

Associated Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AC
Associated Capital Group
1.7191 of 5 stars
$31.00
-7.1%
N/A-10.0%$653.91M$11.91M12.2520Negative News
High Trading Volume
GCMG
GCM Grosvenor
3.9445 of 5 stars
$12.96
+0.6%
$15.13
+16.7%
+8.5%$2.50B$514.01M86.40530Positive News
NSA
National Storage Affiliates Trust
2.5303 of 5 stars
$30.95
-3.0%
$35.64
+15.1%
-38.8%$2.45B$770.34M49.931,466Positive News
IVT
InvenTrust Properties
3.6237 of 5 stars
$29.98
-0.3%
$32.60
+8.7%
+1.6%$2.33B$273.97M20.82110Positive News
ABR
Arbor Realty Trust
1.3931 of 5 stars
$11.68
-0.2%
$12.63
+8.1%
-22.8%$2.25B$1.17B12.83630Positive News
DBRG
DigitalBridge Group
4.1181 of 5 stars
$12.02
-0.4%
$16.14
+34.4%
-15.8%$2.20B$228.14M-300.38300
WT
WisdomTree
2.839 of 5 stars
$13.91
-3.0%
$13.56
-2.5%
+39.3%$2.11B$427.74M35.66270
TIGR
UP Fintech
2.043 of 5 stars
$11.16
-0.9%
$10.33
-7.5%
+137.0%$2.08B$391.54M17.171,193Positive News
GNL
Global Net Lease
3.8628 of 5 stars
$8.17
-0.4%
$9.20
+12.7%
-8.2%$1.81B$805.01M-5.671
AAMI
Acadian Asset Management
2.823 of 5 stars
$48.35
-0.5%
$40.00
-17.3%
N/A$1.74B$505.60M20.15350Positive News
Gap Up
PGRE
Paramount Group
2.9993 of 5 stars
$7.10
-0.4%
$5.36
-24.5%
+28.5%$1.57B$757.45M-19.72330Analyst Downgrade

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