FIH.U vs. GCG.A, AGF.B, CWB.PD, AD.UN, ZBK, HTA, PBY.UN, DC.A, PIC.A, and WCM.A
Should you be buying Fairfax India stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax India include Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), AGF Management (AGF.B), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (ZBK), Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF (HTA), Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Dundee (DC.A), Premium Income (PIC.A), and Wilmington Capital Management (WCM.A). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 233.40% compared to Fairfax India's net margin of 61.90%. Fairfax India's return on equity of 13.14% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Fairfax India had 2 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fairfax India and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guardian Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Guardian Capital Group has a consensus target price of C$55.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Given Guardian Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
Fairfax India has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fairfax India received 35 more outperform votes than Guardian Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Fairfax India an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
Fairfax India has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Capital Group. Fairfax India is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
32.3% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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