GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer GAMI or IVT?

InvenTrust Properties has a consensus target price of $31.80, suggesting a potential upside of 17.08%. 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 3.5%. 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 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of InvenTrust Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GAMI or IVT?

In the previous week, GAMCO Investors and GAMCO Investors both had 5 articles in the media. InvenTrust Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.27 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
InvenTrust Properties	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, GAMI or IVT?

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	8.65
InvenTrust Properties	$273.97M	7.69	$13.66M	$0.23	118.09

Summary

InvenTrust Properties beats GAMCO Investors on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.