GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and InvenTrust Properties (NYSE:IVT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.

Is GAMI or IVT more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to InvenTrust Properties' net margin of 6.25%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat InvenTrust Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
InvenTrust Properties	6.25%	1.03%	0.68%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GAMI or IVT?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to GAMI or IVT?

In the previous week, InvenTrust Properties had 4 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for InvenTrust Properties and 2 mentions for GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat InvenTrust Properties' score of -0.15 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
InvenTrust Properties	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GAMI or IVT a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. InvenTrust Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InvenTrust Properties pays out 413.0% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and InvenTrust Properties has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. InvenTrust Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer GAMI or IVT?

InvenTrust Properties has a consensus target price of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.94%. Given InvenTrust Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe InvenTrust Properties 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
InvenTrust Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, GAMI or IVT?

GAMCO Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than InvenTrust Properties. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InvenTrust Properties, 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	2.35	$64.46M	$2.81	8.63
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	8.12	$13.66M	$0.23	124.63

Which has more risk & volatility, GAMI or IVT?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, InvenTrust Properties has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

InvenTrust Properties beats GAMCO Investors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.