Paramount Group (PGRE) Competitors

Paramount Group (NYSE:PGRE) and Victory Capital (NASDAQ:VCTR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PGRE or VCTR?

65.6% of Paramount Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.7% of Victory Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Paramount Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Victory Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PGRE or VCTR?

Paramount Group presently has a consensus price target of $5.19, suggesting a potential downside of 8.75%. Victory Capital has a consensus price target of $71.56, suggesting a potential upside of 12.84%. Given Victory Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Victory Capital is more favorable than Paramount Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Group	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Victory Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PGRE or VCTR?

Paramount Group received 8 more outperform votes than Victory Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.08% of users gave Victory Capital an outperform vote while only 47.72% of users gave Paramount Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Group	Outperform Votes 220 47.72%	Underperform Votes 241 52.28%
Victory Capital	Outperform Votes 212 56.08%	Underperform Votes 166 43.92%

Is PGRE or VCTR a better dividend stock?

Paramount Group pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Victory Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Paramount Group pays out -45.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Victory Capital pays out 43.7% 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. Victory Capital has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Victory Capital is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PGRE or VCTR?

Victory Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Group. Paramount Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victory Capital, 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
Paramount Group	$755.59M	1.65	-$259.74M	-$0.31	-18.34
Victory Capital	$897.22M	4.50	$288.86M	$4.49	14.12

Does the media refer more to PGRE or VCTR?

In the previous week, Paramount Group had 14 more articles in the media than Victory Capital. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Paramount Group and 7 mentions for Victory Capital. Victory Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Paramount Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Victory Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victory Capital	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PGRE or VCTR more profitable?

Victory Capital has a net margin of 32.33% compared to Paramount Group's net margin of -27.92%. Victory Capital's return on equity of 31.08% beat Paramount Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Group	-27.92%	-5.26%	-2.69%
Victory Capital	32.33%	31.08%	13.69%

Which has more volatility and risk, PGRE or VCTR?

Paramount Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victory Capital has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Victory Capital beats Paramount Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.