AC vs. TIGR, GAMI, VINP, OPY, DHIL, EFC, WT, NAVI, LPRO, and PAX
Should you be buying Associated Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Capital Group include UP Fintech (TIGR), GAMCO Investors (GAMI), Vinci Partners Investments (VINP), Oppenheimer (OPY), Diamond Hill Investment Group (DHIL), Ellington Financial (EFC), WisdomTree (WT), Navient (NAVI), Open Lending (LPRO), and Patria Investments (PAX). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
UP Fintech currently has a consensus price target of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Associated Capital Group has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.01%. Given Associated Capital Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe UP Fintech is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.
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.
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.
9.0% of UP Fintech shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 50.9% of UP Fintech shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 85.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, UP Fintech and UP Fintech both had 4 articles in the media. Associated Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat UP Fintech's score of -0.01 indicating that UP Fintech is being referred to more favorably in the media.
UP Fintech has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning 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. Associated Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UP Fintech, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Associated Capital Group beats UP Fintech on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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