GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & 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	2.42	$64.46M	$3.13	7.99
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	8.06	$13.66M	$1.44	19.75

Do analysts rate GAMI or IVT?

InvenTrust Properties has a consensus target price of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.79%. Given InvenTrust Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. InvenTrust Properties pays out 66.0% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and InvenTrust Properties has increased 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GAMI or IVT?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GAMI or IVT?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of InvenTrust Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer GAMI or IVT?

In the previous week, GAMCO Investors had 4 more articles in the media than InvenTrust Properties. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for GAMCO Investors and 4 mentions for InvenTrust Properties. InvenTrust Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.11 indicating that InvenTrust Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
InvenTrust Properties	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is GAMI or IVT more profitable?

InvenTrust Properties has a net margin of 39.01% compared to GAMCO Investors' net margin of 27.86%. 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	39.01%	6.33%	4.24%

Summary

InvenTrust Properties beats GAMCO Investors on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.