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Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A) Competitors

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C$40.07 -0.68 (-1.67%)
As of 03/28/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

GCG.A vs. FIH.U, UNC, SII, GCG, CVG, SEC, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, and FTN

Should you be buying Guardian Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Capital Group include Fairfax India (FIH.U), United Co.s (UNC), Sprott (SII), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Clairvest Group (CVG), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Guardian Capital Group vs.

Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG.A) and Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fairfax India received 33 more outperform votes than Guardian Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.89% of users gave Fairfax India an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Guardian Capital GroupOutperform Votes
99
51.83%
Underperform Votes
92
48.17%
Fairfax IndiaOutperform Votes
132
57.89%
Underperform Votes
96
42.11%

In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group and Guardian Capital Group both had 1 articles in the media. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Capital Group Positive
Fairfax India Positive

20.8% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.5% of Fairfax India shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fairfax India has a net margin of 56.53% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 24.73%. Fairfax India's return on equity of 7.81% beat Guardian Capital Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardian Capital Group24.73% 5.26% 2.48%
Fairfax India 56.53%7.81%5.34%

Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of C$53.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.27%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardian Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Fairfax India
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Fairfax India has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Capital Group. Fairfax India is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guardian Capital Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardian Capital GroupC$251.52M3.54C$62.21MC$2.4316.49
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M4.25C$228.56MC$1.689.73

Summary

Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GCG.A vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$890.36MC$1.09BC$4.18BC$5.62B
Dividend Yield3.70%4.42%4.19%6.83%
P/E Ratio16.4926.9415.9830.43
Price / Sales3.542,258.251,694.24612.77
Price / Cash6.3160.8148.9782.93
Price / Book0.761.113.353.63
Net IncomeC$62.21MC$259.61MC$1.28BC$299.15M
7 Day Performance-2.43%-0.42%-0.13%-0.95%
1 Month Performance-11.55%-2.34%6.16%-0.24%
1 Year Performance-16.14%3.84%9.73%14.94%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.2562 of 5 stars
C$40.07
-1.7%
C$53.00
+32.3%
-16.1%C$890.36MC$251.52M16.49N/APositive News
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$17.55
-0.6%
N/A+9.5%C$1.85BC$404.28M10.4512News Coverage
Positive News
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$123.25
+1.1%
N/A+2.5%C$1.39BC$464.39M3.49N/AGap Up
SII
Sprott
0.8237 of 5 stars
C$63.95
+0.1%
C$69.50
+8.7%
+26.8%C$1.14BC$114.38M24.92170Positive News
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
N/AC$40.80
flat
C$51.00
+25.0%
-15.2%C$996.82MC$290.83M9.14600
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$69.01
+0.0%
N/A-4.1%C$993.20MC$125.89M11.9447News Coverage
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$388.19
flat
N/AN/AC$948.20MC$442.41M4.0432News Coverage
CGI
Canadian General Investments
1.222 of 5 stars
C$37.20
+0.3%
C$163.00
+338.2%
-4.2%C$782.78MC$257.78M4.80N/A
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$5.71
+0.4%
N/A+1.5%C$710.54MC$245.88M5.29N/A
AGF.B
AGF Management
3.6474 of 5 stars
C$10.37
+0.6%
C$12.46
+20.2%
+21.6%C$662.23MC$517.16M8.10652Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$8.81
+0.7%
N/A+4.8%C$532.73MC$254.82M3.03N/A
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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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