OLY vs. GCG, CVG, GCG.A, SEC, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, FTN, WED, and GS
Should you be buying Olympia Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Olympia Financial Group include Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Westaim (WED), and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Olympia Financial Group vs.
Olympia Financial Group (TSE:OLY) and Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Guardian Capital Group received 104 more outperform votes than Olympia Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.17% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.78% of users gave Olympia Financial Group an outperform vote.
1.2% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 34.6% of Olympia Financial Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Olympia Financial Group had 4 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Olympia Financial Group and 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Olympia Financial Group's score of 0.28 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Olympia Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of C$147.91, indicating a potential upside of 36.98%. Guardian Capital Group has a consensus price target of C$45.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.03%. Given Olympia Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Olympia Financial Group is more favorable than Guardian Capital Group.
Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Olympia Financial Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Olympia Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Olympia Financial Group pays an annual dividend of C$7.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Olympia Financial Group pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guardian Capital Group pays out 33.2% 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.
Olympia Financial Group has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 37.41% compared to Olympia Financial Group's net margin of 23.82%. Olympia Financial Group's return on equity of 64.95% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Olympia Financial Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:OLY) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff