CGI vs. SEC, DFN, CVG, FTN, LBS, BK, OLY, UNC, AIM, and SBC
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Clairvest Group (CVG), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), United Co.s (UNC), Aimia (AIM), and Brompton Split Banc (SBC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments (TSE:CGI) and Senvest Capital (TSE:SEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of Senvest Capital shares are owned 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.
Canadian General Investments currently has a consensus target price of C$163.00, indicating a potential upside of 335.01%. Given Canadian General Investments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian General Investments is more favorable than Senvest Capital.
Canadian General Investments received 12 more outperform votes than Senvest Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Senvest Capital an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Canadian General Investments an outperform vote.
Canadian General Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Senvest Capital. Senvest Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian General Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 86.93% compared to Senvest Capital's net margin of 24.76%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 16.08% beat Senvest Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Senvest Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Senvest Capital and 3 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Senvest Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Canadian General Investments' score of -0.53 indicating that Senvest Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senvest Capital has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats Senvest Capital on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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