DBRG vs. VCTR, FHI, AMK, CNS, APAM, HPH, PJT, MC, AB, and STEP
Should you be buying DigitalBridge Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DigitalBridge Group include Victory Capital (VCTR), Federated Hermes (FHI), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM), Highest Performances (HPH), PJT Partners (PJT), Moelis & Company (MC), AllianceBernstein (AB), and StepStone Group (STEP). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Victory Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DigitalBridge Group. Victory Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victory Capital received 174 more outperform votes than DigitalBridge Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.89% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 40.82% of users gave DigitalBridge Group an outperform vote.
Victory Capital has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Victory Capital had 13 more articles in the media than DigitalBridge Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Victory Capital and 5 mentions for DigitalBridge Group. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Victory Capital's score of 0.60 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Victory Capital pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Victory Capital has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Victory Capital currently has a consensus target price of $46.67, indicating a potential downside of 7.85%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $22.08, indicating a potential upside of 26.77%. Given Victory Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Victory Capital.
Victory Capital has a net margin of 25.96% compared to Victory Capital's net margin of 12.33%. DigitalBridge Group's return on equity of 28.70% beat Victory Capital's return on equity.
87.7% of Victory Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Victory Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Victory Capital beats DigitalBridge Group on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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