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Guardian Capital Group (GCG) Competitors

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C$41.60 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 04/29/2025

GCG vs. FIH.U, UNC, SII, CVG, GCG.A, SEC, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, 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), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Fairfax India shares are held by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of -0.64 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Capital Group Negative
Fairfax India Neutral

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$290.83M3.49C$108.81MC$4.469.32
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M4.43C$228.56MC$1.6810.15

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

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%

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 currently has a consensus price target of C$50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.19%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
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 and Fairfax India tied by winning 9 of the 18 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$1.14BC$3.84BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.46%4.21%6.84%
P/E Ratio9.3221.7713.0429.27
Price / Sales3.492,283.531,689.09568.85
Price / Cash6.5561.4750.4983.07
Price / Book0.781.143.413.72
Net IncomeC$108.81MC$263.56MC$1.25BC$300.39M
7 Day PerformanceN/A1.74%1.57%1.51%
1 Month Performance3.33%10.20%12.98%-0.15%
1 Year Performance-10.07%2.48%13.05%14.09%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.8212 of 5 stars
C$41.60
flat
C$50.00
+20.2%
N/AC$1.02BC$290.83M9.32600Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$17.31
+3.2%
N/A+15.0%C$1.82BC$404.28M10.3012Positive News
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$121.00
+0.4%
N/A+5.0%C$1.36BC$464.39M3.43N/ANews Coverage
SII
Sprott
0.4904 of 5 stars
C$71.90
-1.1%
C$69.75
-3.0%
+34.2%C$1.29BC$114.38M28.02170
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$69.65
-0.5%
N/A-3.9%C$1.00BC$125.89M12.0547
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.0863 of 5 stars
C$40.26
+1.4%
C$52.50
+30.4%
-12.4%C$894.58MC$251.52M16.57N/ANews Coverage
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$320.00
flat
N/A+10.3%C$781.64MC$442.41M3.3332
CGI
Canadian General Investments
1.2291 of 5 stars
C$35.80
+1.1%
C$163.00
+355.3%
-5.0%C$753.32MC$257.78M4.62N/APositive News
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$5.56
+0.2%
N/A+5.3%C$691.87MC$245.88M5.15N/A
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.6352 of 5 stars
C$10.20
+1.8%
C$12.46
+22.1%
+30.2%C$651.37MC$517.16M7.97652
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$8.28
+0.9%
N/A+0.6%C$500.68MC$254.82M2.85N/A

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