Modiv Industrial (MDV) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and Modiv Industrial (NYSE:MDV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GAMI or MDV?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Modiv Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, GAMI or MDV?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Modiv Industrial has a beta of -0.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GAMI or MDV?

GAMCO Investors has higher revenue and earnings than Modiv Industrial. Modiv Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAMCO Investors, 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	2.28	$64.46M	$2.81	8.37
Modiv Industrial	$46.59M	3.10	-$6.61M	-$0.09	-158.78

Is GAMI or MDV more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to Modiv Industrial's net margin of 6.72%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat Modiv Industrial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
Modiv Industrial	6.72%	1.42%	0.61%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GAMI or MDV?

Modiv Industrial received 10 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
Modiv Industrial	Outperform Votes 10 83.33%	Underperform Votes 2 16.67%

Does the media refer more to GAMI or MDV?

In the previous week, Modiv Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Modiv Industrial and 2 mentions for GAMCO Investors. Modiv Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.48 indicating that Modiv Industrial 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Modiv Industrial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GAMI or MDV?

Modiv Industrial has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.96%. Given Modiv Industrial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Modiv Industrial 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
Modiv Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Is GAMI or MDV a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Modiv Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Modiv Industrial pays out -1,300.0% 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 Modiv Industrial has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Modiv Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Modiv Industrial beats GAMCO Investors on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.