AC vs. TIGR, VINP, GAMI, OPY, DHIL, EFC, WT, NAVI, TRTX, and CHCT
Should you be buying Associated Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Capital Group include UP Fintech (TIGR), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Oppenheimer (OPY), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Ellington Financial (EFC), WisdomTree (WT), Navient (NAVI), TPG RE Finance Trust (TRTX), and Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
UP Fintech (NASDAQ:TIGR) and Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Associated Capital Group had 4 more articles in the media than UP Fintech. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Associated Capital Group and 4 mentions for UP Fintech. Associated Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat UP Fintech's score of -0.21 indicating that UP Fintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 295.29% compared to Associated Capital Group's net margin of 11.95%. Associated Capital Group's return on equity of 6.88% beat UP Fintech's return on equity.
UP Fintech currently has a consensus price target of $4.70, suggesting a potential upside of 23.88%. Associated Capital Group has a consensus price target of $27.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.46%. Given Associated Capital Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UP Fintech is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.
9.0% of UP Fintech shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.9% of UP Fintech shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
UP Fintech has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Associated Capital Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UP Fintech. UP Fintech is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Associated Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Associated Capital Group received 114 more outperform votes than UP Fintech when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.65% of users gave Associated Capital Group an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave UP Fintech an outperform vote.
Summary
Associated Capital Group beats UP Fintech on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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