BrightSpire Capital (BRSP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BRSP or GCMG?

GCM Grosvenor received 19 more outperform votes than BrightSpire Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.81% of users gave GCM Grosvenor an outperform vote while only 52.94% of users gave BrightSpire Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BrightSpire Capital	Outperform Votes 18 52.94%	Underperform Votes 16 47.06%
GCM Grosvenor	Outperform Votes 37 57.81%	Underperform Votes 27 42.19%

Which has more risk & volatility, BRSP or GCMG?

BrightSpire Capital has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BRSP or GCMG?

BrightSpire Capital currently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential upside of 39.82%. GCM Grosvenor has a consensus target price of $14.20, indicating a potential upside of 11.37%. Given BrightSpire Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BrightSpire Capital is more favorable than GCM Grosvenor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BrightSpire Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
GCM Grosvenor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRSP or GCMG?

56.6% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of BrightSpire Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BRSP or GCMG a better dividend stock?

BrightSpire Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.2%. GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BrightSpire Capital pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GCM Grosvenor pays out 1,466.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BrightSpire Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to BRSP or GCMG?

In the previous week, BrightSpire Capital had 9 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BrightSpire Capital and 3 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat BrightSpire Capital's score of 0.16 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BrightSpire Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GCM Grosvenor	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BRSP or GCMG?

GCM Grosvenor has higher revenue and earnings than BrightSpire Capital. BrightSpire Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCM Grosvenor, 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
BrightSpire Capital	$347.22M	1.97	-$15.55M	-$0.56	-9.34
GCM Grosvenor	$523.47M	4.61	$18.69M	$0.03	425.00

Is BRSP or GCMG more profitable?

GCM Grosvenor has a net margin of 3.64% compared to BrightSpire Capital's net margin of -79.23%. BrightSpire Capital's return on equity of 8.82% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BrightSpire Capital	-79.23%	8.82%	2.55%
GCM Grosvenor	3.64%	-101.23%	19.27%

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats BrightSpire Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.