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TSE:GCG.A

Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A) Competitors

C$44.15
+0.04 (+0.09%)
(As of 05:22 PM ET)
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Today's Range
C$44.15
C$44.56
50-Day Range
C$40.50
C$46.39
52-Week Range
C$24.50
C$47.00
Volume
3,432 shs
Average Volume
5,353 shs
Market Capitalization
C$1.04 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
3.08%
Price Target
C$40.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SprottC$143.32 million7.91C$18.80 millionC$0.9547.29
Guardian Capital GroupC$203.66 million5.09-C$130.14 million-C$5.37-8.22

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.

Company Overall Sentiment
Sprott Neutral
Guardian Capital Group Neutral

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SprottOutperform Votes
319
60.99%
Underperform Votes
204
39.01%
Guardian Capital GroupOutperform Votes
95
52.49%
Underperform Votes
86
47.51%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sprott 13.11% 6.36% 6.78%
Guardian Capital Group 216.17% -3.21% 1.90%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sprott
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Guardian Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

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.
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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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GCG.A vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.04BC$700.35MC$6.23BC$4.36B
Dividend Yield3.02%15.79%10.12%6.82%
P/E Ratio-8.22697.18154.9222.94
Price / Sales5.094,535.503,956.631,372.75
Price / Cash6.3179.4132.1076.05
Price / Book0.861.281.743.61
Net Income-C$130.14M-C$5.72MC$650.16MC$333.86M
7 Day Performance-1.95%0.98%3.29%4.66%
1 Month Performance1.75%-0.41%2.85%-0.43%
1 Year Performance44.05%-5.20%-6.19%7.19%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SII
Sprott
1.2708 of 5 stars
C$45.77
-1.1%
C$55.00
+20.2%
-3.4%C$1.15BC$143.32M48.18173
UNC
United Co.s
0 of 5 stars
C$102.35
-0.2%
N/AN/AC$1.19BC$-384,240,000.0089.78N/A
CVG
Clairvest Group
0 of 5 stars
C$82.75
-0.9%
N/A+43.5%C$1.24BC$377.61M4.5635Positive News
SEC
Senvest Capital
0 of 5 stars
C$319.49
flat
N/AN/AC$792.34MC$-588,610,000.00-2.8027
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
0 of 5 stars
C$7.30
-2.0%
N/A-13.6%C$771.54MC$75.51M-365.00N/ANews Coverage
CGI
Canadian General Investments
0 of 5 stars
C$33.60
-1.7%
N/A-4.7%C$700.90MC$-235,720,000.00-2.76N/A
FIH.U
Fairfax India
0 of 5 stars
C$13.07
-0.4%
C$17.00
+30.1%
+17.4%C$1.41BC$163.25M23.7512Positive News
TF
Timbercreek Financial
1.934 of 5 stars
C$7.34
-0.7%
C$9.25
+26.0%
-15.0%C$614.95MC$78.64M10.19N/A
FSZ
Fiera Capital
2.1905 of 5 stars
C$6.50
-2.4%
C$9.14
+40.7%
-30.9%C$543.53MC$681.44M34.21844Analyst Upgrade
WED
Westaim
0 of 5 stars
C$3.31
+0.3%
N/A+36.5%C$468.00MC$119.22M19.477News Coverage

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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 6/7/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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