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Canadian General Investments (CGI) Competitors

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C$43.75 +0.21 (+0.48%)
As of 09/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

CGI vs. FIH.U, SII, GCG, CVG, GCG.A, DFN, SEC, AGF.B, FTN, and LBS

Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Canadian General Investments vs. Its Competitors

Canadian General Investments (TSE:CGI) and Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.

Canadian General Investments has a beta of -0.413032, suggesting that its stock price is 141% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 0.913576, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Canadian General Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Canadian General Investments Neutral
Fairfax India Positive

Fairfax India has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Canadian General Investments. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fairfax India, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Canadian General InvestmentsC$191.19M4.77C$164.46MC$8.924.90
Fairfax IndiaC$142.60M16.67C$228.56MC$0.4935.98

0.8% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.3% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 63.80% compared to Fairfax India's net margin of 56.53%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 13.23% beat Fairfax India's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Canadian General Investments63.80% 13.23% 8.12%
Fairfax India 56.53%7.81%5.34%

Summary

Fairfax India beats Canadian General Investments on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CGI vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian General InvestmentsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$912.67MC$1.44BC$6.33BC$9.37B
Dividend Yield2.48%4.59%4.31%6.53%
P/E Ratio4.904,689.031,762.9725.65
Price / Sales4.771,971.301,359.579.34
Price / Cash0.6760.62127.5183.29
Price / Book0.701.372.055.41
Net IncomeC$164.46MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.31%-0.30%-0.19%1.96%
1 Month Performance8.00%1.01%1.74%7.78%
1 Year Performance17.99%8.07%27.10%41.13%

Canadian General Investments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$43.75
+0.5%
C$175.00
+300.0%
+16.5%C$912.67MC$191.19M4.90N/A
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$18.10
-0.2%
N/A+20.6%C$1.90BC$404.28M10.7712News Coverage
SII
Sprott
1.1727 of 5 stars
C$90.09
+0.3%
C$88.33
-1.9%
+75.4%C$1.61BC$114.38M35.11170
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
0.899 of 5 stars
C$46.20
+2.7%
C$45.00
-2.6%
+65.6%C$1.13BC$290.83M10.35600Positive News
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$69.65
+1.0%
N/A-1.7%C$1.00BC$125.89M12.0547
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
1.214 of 5 stars
C$42.41
+2.1%
C$52.00
+22.6%
+64.0%C$942.35MC$251.52M17.45N/A
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.66
+0.6%
N/A+24.4%C$828.75MC$245.88M6.17N/ADividend Announcement
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$330.22
-2.9%
N/AN/AC$806.60MC$442.41M3.4332News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.7491 of 5 stars
C$11.98
-0.2%
C$13.83
+15.5%
+62.6%C$765.04MC$517.16M9.36652
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$10.22
+0.6%
N/A+31.0%C$617.99MC$254.82M3.52N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$10.04
+1.0%
N/A+28.8%C$470.02MC$84.19M12.65N/A

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