GCG.A vs. SII, UNC, CVG, SEC, DFN, CGI, FIH.U, TF, FSZ, and WED
Should you be buying Guardian Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Capital Group include Sprott (SII), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Fairfax India (FIH.U), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Fiera Capital (FSZ), and Westaim (WED). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Guardian Capital Group vs.
Sprott (TSE:SII) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Sprott pays an annual dividend of C$1.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Sprott pays out 142.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Guardian Capital Group pays out -25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guardian Capital Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sprott has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sprott has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sprott, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Sprott had 1 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Sprott and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Sprott's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score.
Sprott received 224 more outperform votes than Guardian Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.99% of users gave Sprott an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 216.17% compared to Sprott's net margin of 13.11%. Sprott's return on equity of 6.36% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
31.2% of Sprott shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.8% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.5% of Sprott shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sprott presently has a consensus price target of C$55.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.41%. Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$40.67, indicating a potential downside of 7.89%. Given Sprott's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Sprott is more favorable than Guardian Capital Group.
Summary
Sprott beats Guardian Capital Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GCG.A and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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