GCMG vs. CIXXF, VRTS, HPH, PJT, DBRG, AMK, BBDC, FHI, NOAH, and BRDG
Should you be buying GCM Grosvenor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCM Grosvenor include CI Financial (CIXXF), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), Highest Performances (HPH), PJT Partners (PJT), DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Barings BDC (BBDC), Federated Hermes (FHI), Noah (NOAH), and Bridge Investment Group (BRDG). These companies are all part of the "investment advice" industry.
GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) and CI Financial (NYSE:CIXXF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
GCM Grosvenor has a net margin of 3.55% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -6.49%. CI Financial's return on equity of 42.97% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.
100.0% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.7% of GCM Grosvenor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GCM Grosvenor received 31 more outperform votes than CI Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.62% of users gave GCM Grosvenor an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.
GCM Grosvenor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. GCM Grosvenor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CI Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CI Financial had 14 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for CI Financial and 2 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat GCM Grosvenor's score of 0.58 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GCM Grosvenor presently has a consensus price target of $10.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.93%. Given GCM Grosvenor's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than CI Financial.
GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. GCM Grosvenor pays out -137.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial pays out -67.0% 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.
GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
GCM Grosvenor beats CI Financial on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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