CTO Realty Growth (CTO) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer CTO or GCMG?

In the previous week, GCM Grosvenor had 3 more articles in the media than CTO Realty Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GCM Grosvenor and 0 mentions for CTO Realty Growth. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat CTO Realty Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CTO Realty Growth	Neutral
GCM Grosvenor	Very Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CTO or GCMG?

67.2% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of CTO Realty Growth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 76.4% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CTO or GCMG 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
CTO Realty Growth	-1.58%	-0.38%	-0.18%
GCM Grosvenor	3.64%	-101.23%	19.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTO or GCMG?

GCM Grosvenor received 20 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 35.29% of users gave CTO Realty Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CTO Realty Growth	Outperform Votes 18 35.29%	Underperform Votes 33 64.71%
GCM Grosvenor	Outperform Votes 38 58.46%	Underperform Votes 27 41.54%

Is CTO or GCMG a better dividend stock?

CTO Realty Growth pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CTO Realty Growth pays out -370.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CTO or GCMG?

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
CTO Realty Growth	$132.20M	4.60	$5.53M	-$0.41	-45.00
GCM Grosvenor	$536.94M	4.43	$18.69M	$0.14	87.43

Do analysts rate CTO or GCMG?

CTO Realty Growth presently has a consensus target price of $22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. GCM Grosvenor has a consensus target price of $13.60, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given CTO Realty Growth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe CTO Realty Growth is more favorable than GCM Grosvenor.

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CTO or GCMG?

CTO Realty Growth has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats CTO Realty Growth on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.