GAMCO Investors (GAMI) Competitors

GAMCO Investors (NYSE:GAMI) and Global Net Lease (NYSE:GNL) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Is GAMI or GNL a better dividend stock?

GAMCO Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Global Net Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. GAMCO Investors pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Net Lease pays out -100.0% 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. Global Net Lease is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is GAMI or GNL more profitable?

GAMCO Investors has a net margin of 27.86% compared to Global Net Lease's net margin of -21.37%. GAMCO Investors' return on equity of 36.01% beat Global Net Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GAMCO Investors	27.86%	36.01%	23.05%
Global Net Lease	-21.37%	-7.04%	-2.24%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in GAMI or GNL?

3.3% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.2% of Global Net Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 81.2% of GAMCO Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Global Net Lease shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GAMI or GNL?

GAMCO Investors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Net Lease. Global Net Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GAMCO Investors, 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	2.12	$64.46M	$2.64	8.29
Global Net Lease	$805.01M	2.14	-$211.91M	-$0.76	-9.90

Which has more volatility & risk, GAMI or GNL?

GAMCO Investors has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Net Lease has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GAMI or GNL?

Global Net Lease has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Global Net Lease's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Net Lease 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
Global Net Lease	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media refer more to GAMI or GNL?

In the previous week, Global Net Lease had 14 more articles in the media than GAMCO Investors. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Global Net Lease and 1 mentions for GAMCO Investors. GAMCO Investors' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Global Net Lease's score of 1.14 indicating that GAMCO Investors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GAMCO Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Global Net Lease	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GAMI or GNL?

Global Net Lease received 204 more outperform votes than GAMCO Investors when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GAMCO Investors	N/A	N/A
Global Net Lease	Outperform Votes 204 52.58%	Underperform Votes 184 47.42%

Summary

Global Net Lease beats GAMCO Investors on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.