GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Is GAMI or GCMG more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to GCM Grosvenor's net margin of 3.21%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
GCM Grosvenor	3.21%	-119.83%	20.05%

Is GAMI or GCMG a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% 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. GAMCO Investors has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GAMI or GCMG?

GAMCO Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GCM Grosvenor. GAMCO Investors 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
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.23	$64.46M	$2.81	8.19
GCM Grosvenor	$514.01M	4.34	$18.69M	$0.14	82.07

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

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to GAMI or GCMG?

In the previous week, GAMCO Investors had 2 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for GAMCO Investors and 1 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	Neutral
GCM Grosvenor	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend GAMI or GCMG?

GCM Grosvenor has a consensus price target of $13.60, suggesting a potential upside of 18.36%. Given GCM Grosvenor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GCM Grosvenor 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
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 and risk, GAMI or GCMG?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GAMCO Investors beats GCM Grosvenor on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.