CGI vs. TEM, WWH, AJB, ATT, FGT, PNL, MYI, FEV, WTAN, and BRW
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), AJ Bell (AJB), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT), Personal Assets (PNL), Murray International (MYI), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Brewin Dolphin (BRW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments vs.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian General Investments pays out 12.5% 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.
Canadian General Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Canadian General Investments had 5 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Canadian General Investments and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Canadian General Investments' score of -0.08 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust received 25 more outperform votes than Canadian General Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.67% of users gave Canadian General Investments an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Canadian General Investments' net margin of 80.99%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 13.23% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CGI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
