Clairvest Group (CVG) Competitors

Clairvest Group (TSE:CVG) and CI Financial (TSE:CIX) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer CVG or CIX?

CI Financial has a consensus target price of C$23.63, indicating a potential downside of 1.89%. Given CI Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CI Financial is more favorable than Clairvest Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Clairvest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
CI Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CVG or CIX more profitable?

Clairvest Group has a net margin of 2.86% compared to CI Financial's net margin of -1.54%. Clairvest Group's return on equity of 0.09% beat CI Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Clairvest Group	2.86%	0.09%	0.17%
CI Financial	-1.54%	-4.48%	4.87%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CVG or CIX?

0.2% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.0% of CI Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 82.3% of Clairvest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of CI Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is CVG or CIX a better dividend stock?

Clairvest Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. CI Financial pays an annual dividend of C$0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Clairvest Group pays out 100.0% 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 -296.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CI Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVG or CIX?

CI Financial received 314 more outperform votes than Clairvest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 79.29% of users gave Clairvest Group an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave CI Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Clairvest Group	Outperform Votes 134 79.29%	Underperform Votes 35 20.71%
CI Financial	Outperform Votes 448 58.41%	Underperform Votes 319 41.59%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CVG or CIX?

Clairvest Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CI Financial. CI Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Clairvest Group, 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
Clairvest Group	C$38.72M	26.09	C$1.11M	C$0.10	690.00
CI Financial	C$3.50B	0.97	-C$53.93M	-C$0.27	-89.19

Does the media prefer CVG or CIX?

In the previous week, CI Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Clairvest Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for CI Financial and 2 mentions for Clairvest Group. CI Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Clairvest Group's score of 0.00 indicating that CI Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Clairvest Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CI Financial	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CVG or CIX?

Clairvest Group has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CI Financial has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

CI Financial beats Clairvest Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.