CTO Realty Growth (CTO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GCMG or CTO?

99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 76.4% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, GCMG or CTO?

GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GCMG or CTO?

GCM Grosvenor has higher revenue and earnings than CTO Realty Growth. CTO Realty Growth 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
GCM Grosvenor	$536.94M	4.41	$18.69M	$0.14	89.36
CTO Realty Growth	$132.20M	4.45	$5.53M	-$0.41	-43.59

Is GCMG or CTO a better dividend stock?

GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. GCM Grosvenor pays out 314.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CTO Realty Growth pays out -370.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CTO Realty Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is GCMG or CTO more profitable?

GCM Grosvenor has a net margin of 3.64% compared to CTO Realty Growth's net margin of -1.58%. CTO Realty Growth's return on equity of -0.38% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor	3.64%	-101.23%	19.27%
CTO Realty Growth	-1.58%	-0.38%	-0.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GCMG or CTO?

GCM Grosvenor received 22 more outperform votes than CTO Realty Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.46% of users gave GCM Grosvenor an outperform vote while only 32.65% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GCM Grosvenor	Outperform Votes 38 58.46%	Underperform Votes 27 41.54%
CTO Realty Growth	Outperform Votes 16 32.65%	Underperform Votes 33 67.35%

Does the media refer more to GCMG or CTO?

In the previous week, GCM Grosvenor and GCM Grosvenor both had 3 articles in the media. CTO Realty Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat GCM Grosvenor's score of 0.86 indicating that CTO Realty Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GCM Grosvenor	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CTO Realty Growth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GCMG or CTO?

GCM Grosvenor presently has a consensus target price of $13.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.71%. CTO Realty Growth has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.51%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than GCM Grosvenor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
CTO Realty Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.67

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats CTO Realty Growth on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.