GCG vs. DF, GDV, FAP, SBC, LFE, URB, OLY, AIM, BK, and LBS
Should you be buying Guardian Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Capital Group include Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (DF), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canadian Life Companies Split (LFE), Urbana (URB), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), Canadian Banc (BK), and Life & Banc Split (LBS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Dividend 15 Split Corp. II (TSE:DF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Guardian Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of C$53.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. Given Guardian Capital Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II.
Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 24.1%. Guardian Capital Group pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Guardian Capital Group received 166 more outperform votes than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Dividend 15 Split Corp. II an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
26.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group had 3 more articles in the media than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guardian Capital Group and 0 mentions for Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 233.40% compared to Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's net margin of 0.00%. Guardian Capital Group's return on equity of 10.09% beat Dividend 15 Split Corp. II's return on equity.
Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Dividend 15 Split Corp. II. Dividend 15 Split Corp. II 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.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Dividend 15 Split Corp. II on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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