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Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A) Competitors

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C$43.48 +0.98 (+2.31%)
As of 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

GCG.A vs. FIH.U, SII, UNC, CVG, GCG, AGF.B, CGI, SEC, 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), Sprott (SII), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), AGF Management (AGF.B), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fairfax India Neutral
Guardian Capital Group Positive

Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$52.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fairfax India
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Guardian Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fairfax India56.53% 7.81% 5.34%
Guardian Capital Group 24.73%5.26%2.48%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M4.92C$228.56MC$1.6811.25
Guardian Capital GroupC$251.52M3.84C$62.21MC$2.4317.89

Summary

Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GCG.A vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$966.13MC$1.25BC$6.17BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield3.70%4.39%4.21%6.72%
P/E Ratio17.8922.0713.2650.47
Price / Sales3.842,369.191,742.841,211.67
Price / Cash6.3160.81128.0783.29
Price / Book0.831.221.914.70
Net IncomeC$62.21MC$263.98MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.08%14.33%11.16%1.03%
1 Month Performance8.67%2.42%6.85%4.02%
1 Year Performance0.83%5.73%17.27%25.97%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
2.5165 of 5 stars
C$43.48
+2.3%
C$52.00
+19.6%
-0.1%C$966.13MC$251.52M17.89N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$18.59
+0.1%
N/A+34.6%C$1.95BC$404.28M11.0712
SII
Sprott
0.4945 of 5 stars
C$94.13
+2.3%
C$83.00
-11.8%
+55.4%C$1.68BC$114.38M36.68170
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$135.70
flat
N/AN/AC$1.53BC$464.39M3.84N/ANews Coverage
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$77.50
-1.0%
N/AN/AC$1.12BC$125.89M13.4147Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.2605 of 5 stars
C$41.75
flat
C$45.00
+7.8%
+5.8%C$1.02BC$290.83M9.35600Dividend Announcement
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.0708 of 5 stars
C$13.22
flat
C$13.83
+4.6%
+51.6%C$844.23MC$517.16M10.33652
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$39.00
-0.1%
N/A+5.8%C$820.66MC$257.78M5.03N/ANews Coverage
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$331.00
-0.8%
N/AN/AC$808.51MC$442.41M3.4432
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.26
-0.6%
N/A+24.7%C$778.98MC$245.88M5.80N/A
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.54
-0.6%
N/A+18.8%C$576.87MC$254.82M3.28N/A

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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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