WCM.A vs. GCG, FCF, DC.A, ECF.UN, FAP, GMN, IAM, NIF.UN, PIC.A, and LPC
Should you be buying Wilmington Capital Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wilmington Capital Management include Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Founders Advantage Capital Corp. (FCF.V) (FCF), Dundee (DC.A), East Coast Investment Grade Inc Unt (ECF.UN), abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC (FAP), GobiMin (GMN), Integrated Asset Management (IAM), Noranda Income Fund (NIF.UN), Premium Income (PIC.A), and Lorne Park Capital Partners (LPC). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Wilmington Capital Management (TSE:WCM.A) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Wilmington Capital Management. Wilmington Capital Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wilmington Capital Management has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
26.6% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 64.0% of Wilmington Capital Management 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.
Wilmington Capital Management has a net margin of 108.27% compared to Wilmington Capital Management's net margin of 38.72%. Wilmington Capital Management's return on equity of 7.89% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.
Guardian Capital Group received 129 more outperform votes than Wilmington Capital Management when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Wilmington Capital Management an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Wilmington Capital Management's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Guardian Capital Group'saverage media sentiment score.
Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of C$53.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Wilmington Capital Management's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Wilmington Capital Management.
Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Wilmington Capital Management pays an annual dividend of C$2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 71.4%. Guardian Capital Group pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wilmington Capital Management pays out 606.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Guardian Capital Group beats Wilmington Capital Management on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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