GCG.A vs. FIH.U, SII, CVG, GCG, CGI, DFN, SEC, AGF.B, FTN, and LBS
Should you be buying Guardian Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Capital Group include Fairfax India (FIH.U), Sprott (SII), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Canadian General Investments (CGI), 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.
Guardian Capital Group vs. Its Competitors
Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfax India. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group and 0 mentions for Fairfax India. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.24%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
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.
Fairfax India has a net margin of 56.53% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 24.73%. Fairfax India's return on equity of 7.81% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
31.8% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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