CIXXF vs. GLPI, AMH, DOC, JEF, FRHC, HST, LINE, GLXY, REXR, and HLNE
Should you be buying CI Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI Financial include Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Freedom (FRHC), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Lineage (LINE), Galaxy Digital (GLXY), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Hamilton Lane (HLNE). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
CI Financial vs. Its Competitors
Gaming and Leisure Properties (NASDAQ:GLPI) and CI Financial (NYSE:CIXXF) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a net margin of 46.32% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -2.28%. CI Financial's return on equity of 57.73% beat Gaming and Leisure Properties' return on equity.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gaming and Leisure Properties pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Gaming and Leisure Properties pays out 120.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CI Financial pays out -36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gaming and Leisure Properties has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Gaming and Leisure Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
91.1% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Gaming and Leisure Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Gaming and Leisure Properties had 13 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Gaming and Leisure Properties and 1 mentions for CI Financial. Gaming and Leisure Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat CI Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Gaming and Leisure Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gaming and Leisure Properties has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gaming and Leisure Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gaming and Leisure Properties presently has a consensus price target of $53.16, indicating a potential upside of 15.82%. Given Gaming and Leisure Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Gaming and Leisure Properties is more favorable than CI Financial.
Summary
Gaming and Leisure Properties beats CI Financial on 15 of the 19 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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This page (NYSE:CIXXF) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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