GCM Grosvenor (GCMG) Competitors

Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) and GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HST or GCMG?

98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HST or GCMG?

Host Hotels & Resorts presently has a consensus price target of $19.54, indicating a potential upside of 48.67%. GCM Grosvenor has a consensus price target of $14.10, indicating a potential upside of 13.07%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than GCM Grosvenor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Host Hotels & Resorts	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GCM Grosvenor	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HST or GCMG?

Host Hotels & Resorts received 15 more outperform votes than GCM Grosvenor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave GCM Grosvenor an outperform vote while only 47.66% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Host Hotels & Resorts	Outperform Votes 51 47.66%	Underperform Votes 56 52.34%
GCM Grosvenor	Outperform Votes 36 57.14%	Underperform Votes 27 42.86%

Is HST or GCMG a better dividend stock?

Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 80.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GCM Grosvenor pays out 1,466.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HST or GCMG?

Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than GCM Grosvenor. Host Hotels & Resorts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCM Grosvenor, 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
Host Hotels & Resorts	$5.68B	1.62	$740M	$0.99	13.27
GCM Grosvenor	$523.47M	4.51	$18.69M	$0.03	415.67

Does the media prefer HST or GCMG?

In the previous week, Host Hotels & Resorts had 10 more articles in the media than GCM Grosvenor. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts and 0 mentions for GCM Grosvenor. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat GCM Grosvenor's score of 0.00 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Host Hotels & Resorts	Positive
GCM Grosvenor	Neutral

Is HST or GCMG more profitable?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a net margin of 12.26% compared to GCM Grosvenor's net margin of 3.64%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.37% beat GCM Grosvenor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Host Hotels & Resorts	12.26%	10.37%	5.47%
GCM Grosvenor	3.64%	-101.23%	19.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, HST or GCMG?

Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Host Hotels & Resorts beats GCM Grosvenor on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.