GAMI vs. DBRG, GNL, ESRT, NAVI, SSRM, VRE, WT, LADR, SILA, and UNIT
Should you be buying GAMCO Investors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GAMCO Investors include DigitalBridge Group (DBRG), Global Net Lease (GNL), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Navient (NAVI), SSR Mining (SSRM), Veris Residential (VRE), WisdomTree (WT), Ladder Capital (LADR), Sila Realty Trust (SILA), and Uniti Group (UNIT). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
GAMCO Investors vs.
GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GAMCO Investors pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DigitalBridge Group pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.99% compared to DigitalBridge Group's net margin of 21.42%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 35.78% beat DigitalBridge Group's return on equity.
DigitalBridge Group received 38 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.
In the previous week, DigitalBridge Group had 10 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DigitalBridge Group and 4 mentions for GAMCO Investors. DigitalBridge Group's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat GAMCO Investors' score of 0.39 indicating that DigitalBridge Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DigitalBridge Group has a consensus price target of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 51.72%. Given DigitalBridge Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than GAMCO Investors.
GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DigitalBridge Group beats GAMCO Investors on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GAMI) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
