SEC vs. CGI, DFN, FTN, CVG, LBS, BK, OLY, AIM, SBC, and UNC
Should you be buying Senvest Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Senvest Capital include Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), Financial 15 Split (FTN), Clairvest Group (CVG), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Aimia (AIM), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), and United Co.s (UNC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments (TSE:CGI) and Senvest Capital (TSE:SEC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Canadian General Investments received 12 more outperform votes than Senvest Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.37% of users gave Senvest Capital an outperform vote while only 66.17% of users gave Canadian General Investments an outperform vote.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 86.93% compared to Canadian General Investments' net margin of 24.76%. Senvest Capital's return on equity of 16.08% beat Canadian General Investments' return on equity.
Canadian General Investments currently has a consensus price target of C$163.00, suggesting a potential upside of 330.08%. Given Senvest Capital's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Canadian General Investments is more favorable than Senvest Capital.
In the previous week, Senvest Capital had 6 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Senvest Capital and 0 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Canadian General Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Senvest Capital's score of -0.35 indicating that Senvest Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 60.5% of Senvest Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Senvest Capital has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian General Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Senvest Capital. Senvest Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian General Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats Senvest Capital on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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