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Guardian Capital Group (GCG) Competitors

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C$41.70 -0.60 (-1.42%)
As of 05/21/2025 10:30 AM Eastern

GCG vs. FIH.U, UNC, SII, CVG, GCG.A, 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), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), 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.

Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group had 1 more articles in the media than Fairfax India. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group and 0 mentions for Fairfax India. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Capital Group Positive
Fairfax India Neutral

Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fairfax India has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fairfax India, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardian Capital GroupC$290.83M3.50C$108.81MC$4.469.34
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M4.68C$228.56MC$1.6810.70

Fairfax India has a net margin of 56.53% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 37.41%. Guardian Capital Group's return on equity of 8.33% beat Fairfax India's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardian Capital Group37.41% 8.33% 2.48%
Fairfax India 56.53%7.81%5.34%

26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned 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.

Guardian Capital Group received 39 more outperform votes than Fairfax India when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Fairfax India an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Guardian Capital GroupOutperform Votes
171
59.17%
Underperform Votes
118
40.83%
Fairfax IndiaOutperform Votes
132
57.89%
Underperform Votes
96
42.11%

Guardian Capital Group presently has a consensus target price of C$45.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardian Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Fairfax India
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Guardian Capital Group beats Fairfax India on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GCG vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.02BC$1.20BC$5.34BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.41%4.18%6.32%
P/E Ratio9.3421.7612.7629.95
Price / Sales3.502,409.521,770.92752.53
Price / Cash6.5560.4649.7183.71
Price / Book0.781.151.343.96
Net IncomeC$108.81MC$263.32MC$1.22BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-1.49%14.01%7.12%1.35%
1 Month Performance0.80%18.69%18.67%8.57%
1 Year Performance-6.50%2.21%13.09%14.85%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.3222 of 5 stars
C$41.70
-1.4%
C$45.00
+7.9%
-6.5%C$1.02BC$290.83M9.34600Gap Up
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$16.90
+0.9%
N/A+26.7%C$1.78BC$404.28M10.0612
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$128.50
+1.9%
N/A+12.4%C$1.45BC$464.39M3.64N/A
SII
Sprott
0.8884 of 5 stars
C$77.34
+1.3%
C$77.00
-0.4%
+24.2%C$1.38BC$114.38M30.14170Dividend Announcement
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$71.00
flat
N/A-1.8%C$1.02BC$125.89M12.2847News Coverage
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.0342 of 5 stars
C$42.17
+5.4%
C$52.00
+23.3%
-6.8%C$937.02MC$251.52M17.35N/A
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$36.52
+0.1%
N/A-4.8%C$768.47MC$257.78M4.71N/A
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$310.00
+0.8%
N/AN/AC$757.21MC$442.41M3.2232
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.7289 of 5 stars
C$11.73
+0.3%
C$12.46
+6.2%
+31.9%C$749.08MC$517.16M9.16652
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$5.83
-0.2%
N/A+10.5%C$725.47MC$245.88M5.40N/ANews Coverage
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.04
+0.3%
N/A+5.8%C$546.64MC$254.82M3.11N/ANews Coverage

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This page (TSE:GCG) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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