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Canadian General Investments (CGI) Competitors

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C$40.66 +0.04 (+0.10%)
As of 11:59 AM Eastern

CGI vs. FIH.U, SII, CVG, GCG, GCG.A, SEC, AGF.B, DFN, 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), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), 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

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

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
Fairfax India56.53% 7.81% 5.34%
Canadian General Investments 63.80%13.23%8.12%

31.8% of Fairfax India shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Fairfax India has higher revenue and 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
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M5.19C$228.56MC$1.6811.88
Canadian General InvestmentsC$257.78M3.32C$164.46MC$7.755.25

Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fairfax India had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fairfax India and 0 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Canadian General Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fairfax India Neutral
Canadian General Investments Neutral

Summary

Fairfax India beats Canadian General Investments on 8 of the 13 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$855.59MC$1.31BC$6.45BC$6.29B
Dividend Yield2.46%4.38%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio5.2522.4914.1464.41
Price / Sales3.322,432.311,789.031,246.04
Price / Cash0.6760.71128.7083.29
Price / Book0.651.221.964.87
Net IncomeC$164.46MC$264.35MC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.73%0.25%0.77%1.19%
1 Month Performance5.36%2.44%3.84%5.70%
1 Year Performance4.74%7.26%23.79%26.09%

Canadian General Investments Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$40.66
+0.1%
N/A+3.8%C$855.59MC$257.78M5.25N/A
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$19.70
+1.3%
N/A+38.3%C$2.07BC$404.28M11.7312
SII
Sprott
0.6023 of 5 stars
C$99.34
+0.4%
C$83.00
-16.4%
+52.4%C$1.78BC$114.38M38.71170Analyst Downgrade
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$76.35
+1.2%
N/A+2.7%C$1.10BC$125.89M13.2147News Coverage
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
N/AC$42.98
-5.5%
C$45.00
+4.7%
+3.3%C$1.05BC$290.83M9.63600Gap Up
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
N/AC$41.05
+0.1%
C$52.00
+26.7%
-3.7%C$912.13MC$251.52M16.89N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$337.25
flat
N/AN/AC$823.77MC$442.41M3.5132
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.2541 of 5 stars
C$12.65
-0.3%
C$13.83
+9.4%
+54.9%C$807.83MC$517.16M9.88652
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.28
+0.6%
N/A+23.5%C$781.46MC$245.88M5.82N/ANews Coverage
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.79
+0.1%
N/A+19.1%C$591.99MC$254.82M3.37N/ANews Coverage
Dividend Announcement
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.58
-0.3%
N/A+28.2%C$448.48MC$84.19M12.07N/A

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This page (TSE:CGI) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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