AC vs. CDP, NSA, FCPT, RGTI, OUT, SNEX, GCMG, ABR, IVT, and SSRM
Should you be buying Associated Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Associated Capital Group include COPT Defense Properties (CDP), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), StoneX Group (SNEX), GCM Grosvenor (GCMG), Arbor Realty Trust (ABR), InvenTrust Properties (IVT), and SSR Mining (SSRM). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
Associated Capital Group vs.
COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) and Associated Capital Group (NYSE:AC) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
COPT Defense Properties currently has a consensus price target of $33.43, indicating a potential upside of 23.49%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Associated Capital Group.
8.1% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 87.6% of Associated Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Associated Capital Group has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Associated Capital Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. COPT Defense Properties pays out 99.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Associated Capital Group pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Associated Capital Group has a net margin of 336.45% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of 18.44%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 9.07% beat Associated Capital Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, COPT Defense Properties had 4 more articles in the media than Associated Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for COPT Defense Properties and 2 mentions for Associated Capital Group. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Associated Capital Group's score of 0.93 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
COPT Defense Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Associated Capital Group. Associated Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than COPT Defense Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Associated Capital Group received 114 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Associated Capital Group an outperform vote.
Summary
COPT Defense Properties beats Associated Capital Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
