GCG.A vs. FIH.U, AGF.B, AD.UN, ZBK, HTA, VRE, CWB.PD, PBY.UN, DC.A, and PIC.A
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), AGF Management (AGF.B), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (ZBK), Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF (HTA), Vanguard FTSE Canadian Capped REIT Index ETF (VRE), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Dundee (DC.A), and Premium Income (PIC.A). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.
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.
In the previous week, Fairfax India had 1 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fairfax India and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the media.
32.4% of Fairfax India shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by company 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.
Fairfax India has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 233.40% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 61.90%. Guardian Capital Group's return on equity of 13.14% beat Fairfax India's return on equity.
Guardian Capital Group has a consensus target price of C$55.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.51%. Given Fairfax India's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
Fairfax India received 35 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 52.15% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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