CIXXF vs. WPC, FUTU, HST, REXR, HLNE, FRHC, BRX, STEP, JHG, and COLD
Should you be buying CI Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CI Financial include W. P. Carey (WPC), Futu (FUTU), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Freedom (FRHC), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), StepStone Group (STEP), Janus Henderson Group (JHG), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
CI Financial vs.
W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) and CI Financial (NYSE:CIXXF) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 9 more articles in the media than CI Financial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for W. P. Carey and 3 mentions for CI Financial. W. P. Carey's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat CI Financial's score of -0.37 indicating that W. P. Carey is being referred to more favorably in the media.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 35.12% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -2.28%. CI Financial's return on equity of 57.73% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.
W. P. Carey has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W. P. Carey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. W. P. Carey pays out 138.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CI Financial pays out -169.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
W. P. Carey presently has a consensus target price of $62.43, indicating a potential upside of 13.01%. Given W. P. Carey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than CI Financial.
W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
W. P. Carey received 339 more outperform votes than CI Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.97% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.
Summary
W. P. Carey beats CI Financial on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CIXXF) was last updated on 1/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff