FIH.U vs. GCG.A, AD.UN, ZBK, CWB.PD, HTA, PBY.UN, DC.A, PIC.A, WCM.A, and INC.UN
Should you be buying Fairfax India stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax India include Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Alaris Equity Partners Income Trust (AD.UN) (AD.UN), BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF (ZBK), Canadian Western Bank (CWB.PD), Harvest Tech Achievers Growth & Income ETF (HTA), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Dundee (DC.A), Premium Income (PIC.A), Wilmington Capital Management (WCM.A), and Income Financial Trust (INC.UN). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) and Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Fairfax India had 2 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fairfax India and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
21.7% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 38.72% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 37.36%. Fairfax India's return on equity of 7.89% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Guardian Capital Group presently has a consensus price target of C$55.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.51%. Given Fairfax India's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
Fairfax India received 35 more outperform votes than Guardian Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Fairfax India an outperform vote while only 52.15% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
Fairfax India has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fairfax India, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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