Canadian General Investments (CGI) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and Canadian General Investments (LON:CGI) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is QLT or CGI a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Canadian General Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Quilter pays out 12,500.0% 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 pays out 1,284.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in QLT or CGI?

79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Canadian General Investments shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, QLT or CGI?

Canadian General Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. Canadian General Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quilter	£6.43B	0.34	£50M	£0.04	3,967.50
Canadian General Investments	£201.31M	2.38	£163.04M	£4.36	526.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or CGI?

Quilter received 29 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 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
Canadian General Investments	Outperform Votes 44 65.67%	Underperform Votes 23 34.33%

Do analysts prefer QLT or CGI?

Quilter currently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 14.93%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than Canadian General Investments.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Canadian General Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to QLT or CGI?

In the previous week, Quilter and Quilter both had 1 articles in the media. Canadian General Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that Canadian General Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian General Investments	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is QLT or CGI more profitable?

Canadian General Investments has a net margin of 80.99% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. Canadian General Investments' return on equity of 13.23% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.35%	0.21%
Canadian General Investments	80.99%	13.23%	8.12%

Which has more volatility and risk, QLT or CGI?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian General Investments has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Canadian General Investments beats Quilter on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.