CGI vs. ABDN, EMG, HICL, HGT, CTY, HVPE, INPP, BPT, MNKS, and CLDN
Should you be buying Canadian General Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian General Investments include abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), HgCapital Trust (HGT), City of London (CTY), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Monks (MNKS), and Caledonia Investments (CLDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Canadian General Investments vs.
Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) and abrdn (LON:ABDN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 80.99% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 13.23% beat abrdn's return on equity.
In the previous week, abrdn had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian General Investments. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for abrdn and 2 mentions for Canadian General Investments. Canadian General Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat abrdn's score of 0.18 indicating that Canadian General Investments is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
abrdn has a consensus price target of GBX 163.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.14%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Canadian General Investments.
abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian General Investments. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Canadian General Investments pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn pays out 85.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Canadian General Investments received 37 more outperform votes than abrdn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.67% of users gave Canadian General Investments an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave abrdn an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian General Investments beats abrdn on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:CGI) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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