GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend GAMI or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $13.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.23%. Given Arbor Realty Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Arbor Realty Trust is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GAMCO Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Arbor Realty Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80

Is GAMI or ABR more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to Arbor Realty Trust's net margin of 21.82%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat Arbor Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
Arbor Realty Trust	21.82%	13.29%	2.44%

Which has better earnings & valuation, GAMI or ABR?

Arbor Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arbor Realty Trust, 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
GAMCO Investors	$231.40M	2.34	$64.46M	$2.81	8.58
Arbor Realty Trust	$1.17B	1.84	$264.64M	$1.04	10.74

Is GAMI or ABR a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Arbor Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. GAMCO Investors pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Arbor Realty Trust pays out 115.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. GAMCO Investors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to GAMI or ABR?

In the previous week, Arbor Realty Trust had 5 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Arbor Realty Trust and 0 mentions for GAMCO Investors. Arbor Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.00 indicating that Arbor Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	Neutral
Arbor Realty Trust	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GAMI or ABR?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arbor Realty Trust has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GAMI or ABR?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.3% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Arbor Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Arbor Realty Trust beats GAMCO Investors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.