GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, GCMG or GAMI?

GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GCMG or GAMI?

In the previous week, GCM Grosvenor had 4 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GCM Grosvenor and 0 mentions for GAMCO Investors. GCM Grosvenor's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that GCM Grosvenor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GCM Grosvenor	Positive
GAMCO Investors	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GCMG or GAMI?

GAMCO Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
GCM Grosvenor	$523.47M	4.85	$18.69M	$0.03	447.00
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.52	$64.46M	$2.64	9.11

Is GCMG or GAMI more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to GCM Grosvenor's net margin of 3.64%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor	3.64%	-101.23%	19.27%
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%

Is GCMG or GAMI a better dividend stock?

GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. GCM Grosvenor pays out 1,466.7% 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 pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

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

99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GCMG or GAMI?

GCM Grosvenor currently has a consensus target price of $14.10, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. Given GCM Grosvenor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
GAMCO Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GCMG or GAMI?

GCM Grosvenor received 36 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GCM Grosvenor	Outperform Votes 36 57.14%	Underperform Votes 27 42.86%
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats GAMCO Investors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.