GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GAMI or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, 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
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.36	$64.46M	$2.81	8.64
DigitalBridge Group	$578.08M	3.25	$185.28M	$0.30	35.58

Do analysts rate GAMI or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $16.28, suggesting a potential upside of 52.49%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAMCO Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
DigitalBridge Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.10

Is GAMI or DBRG more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 10.98%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
DigitalBridge Group	10.98%	4.29%	2.06%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAMI or DBRG?

DigitalBridge Group received 42 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
DigitalBridge Group	Outperform Votes 42 56.00%	Underperform Votes 33 44.00%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GAMI or DBRG?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GAMI or DBRG?

In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 6 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 1 mentions for GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat DigitalBridge Group's score of 0.45 indicating that GAMCO Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DigitalBridge Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, GAMI or DBRG?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GAMI or DBRG a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 13.3% 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. GAMCO Investors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. GAMCO Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats GAMCO Investors on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.