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Guardian Capital Group (GCG) Competitors

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C$43.30 +0.04 (+0.09%)
As of 07/31/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

GCG vs. FIH.U, SII, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, and LBS

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), Sprott (SII), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Guardian Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M4.85C$228.56MC$1.6811.09
Guardian Capital GroupC$290.83M3.64C$108.81MC$4.469.70

31.8% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Guardian Capital Group has a consensus target price of C$45.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.

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

In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fairfax India Neutral
Guardian Capital Group Positive

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
Fairfax India56.53% 7.81% 5.34%
Guardian Capital Group 37.41%8.33%2.48%

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

Summary

Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GCG vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.06BC$1.29BC$6.33BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.40%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio9.7022.3714.0463.43
Price / Sales3.642,540.331,847.241,251.00
Price / Cash6.5560.70127.5383.29
Price / Book0.811.452.244.87
Net IncomeC$108.81MC$265.04MC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.46%6.10%-2.26%
1 Month PerformanceN/A0.53%1.84%0.81%
1 Year Performance-0.41%6.39%19.34%26.63%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.2746 of 5 stars
C$43.30
+0.1%
C$45.00
+3.9%
-0.4%C$1.06BC$290.83M9.70600News Coverage
Gap Up
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$19.90
+0.5%
N/A+30.3%C$2.09BC$404.28M11.8512
SII
Sprott
0.5438 of 5 stars
C$97.30
-1.1%
C$88.33
-9.2%
+53.7%C$1.74BC$114.38M37.92170
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$76.05
+0.1%
N/A+7.1%C$1.09BC$125.89M13.1547News Coverage
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.382 of 5 stars
C$41.62
+0.8%
C$52.00
+24.9%
-7.9%C$924.80MC$251.52M17.13N/ANews Coverage
CGI
Canadian General Investments
2.5238 of 5 stars
C$40.62
-0.3%
N/A+1.7%C$854.75MC$257.78M5.24N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$347.77
flat
N/AN/AC$849.47MC$442.41M3.6232
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.52
+0.5%
N/A+27.2%C$811.33MC$245.88M6.04N/ADividend Announcement
AGF.B
AGF Management
2.9737 of 5 stars
C$12.69
+1.5%
C$13.83
+9.0%
+48.0%C$810.38MC$517.16M9.91652
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.99
+0.5%
N/A+17.8%C$604.08MC$254.82M3.44N/ADividend Announcement
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.78
-0.3%
N/A+24.6%C$457.85MC$84.19M12.32N/A

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This page (TSE:GCG) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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