GCG.A vs. FIH.U, UNC, SII, GCG, CVG, CGI, SEC, AGF.B, DFN, and FTN
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), United Co.s (UNC), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Guardian Capital Group vs.
Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and media sentiment.
Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
Fairfax India received 31 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 52.33% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
31.8% of Fairfax India shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than Fairfax India. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guardian Capital Group and 0 mentions for Fairfax India. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of -0.23 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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