CGI vs. SII, FIH.U, GCG.A, GCG, UNC, LBS, CVG, WED, AGF.B, and DFN
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include Sprott (SII), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), United Co.s (UNC), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Clairvest Group (CVG), Westaim (WED), AGF Management (AGF.B), and Dividend 15 Split (DFN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments vs. Its Competitors
Canadian General Investments (TSE:CGI) and Sprott (TSE:SII) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
0.8% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.6% of Sprott shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Sprott shares are owned by company 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.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 63.80% compared to Sprott's net margin of 28.20%. Sprott's return on equity of 15.02% beat Canadian General Investments' return on equity.
Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of C$1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Canadian General Investments pays out 11.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sprott pays out 59.3% 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. Canadian General Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Canadian General Investments presently has a consensus price target of C$175.00, suggesting a potential upside of 276.02%. Sprott has a consensus price target of C$93.33, suggesting a potential downside of 20.49%. Given Canadian General Investments' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian General Investments is more favorable than Sprott.
Canadian General Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Sprott. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sprott and 1 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Canadian General Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Sprott is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.056109, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sprott has a beta of 1.181074, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Sprott beats Canadian General Investments on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CGI) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
