GCG.A vs. FIH.U, UNC, SII, CVG, GCG, SEC, CGI, DFN, AGF.B, and GS
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), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG), Senvest Capital (SEC), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), AGF Management (AGF.B), and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fairfax India had 2 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fairfax India and 1 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Fairfax India's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Guardian Capital Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Fairfax India is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of C$53.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.90%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Fairfax India.
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.
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.
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.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:GCG.A) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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