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Guardian Capital Group (GCG) Competitors

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C$43.00 +0.02 (+0.05%)
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GCG vs. FIH.U, SII, UNC, CVG, GCG.A, CGI, SEC, AGF.B, DFN, 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), Sprott (SII), United Co.s (UNC), Clairvest Group (CVG), Guardian Capital Group (GCG.A), Canadian General Investments (CGI), Senvest Capital (SEC), AGF Management (AGF.B), Dividend 15 Split (DFN), and Financial 15 Split (FTN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Guardian Capital Group vs. Its Competitors

Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Fairfax India (TSE:FIH.U) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Fairfax India's score of 0.00 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Capital Group Positive
Fairfax India Neutral

Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of C$45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.65%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Fairfax India
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Guardian Capital Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fairfax India has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Fairfax India shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.1% 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardian Capital GroupC$290.83M3.61C$108.81MC$4.469.63
Fairfax IndiaC$404.28M5.10C$228.56MC$1.6811.68

Fairfax India has a net margin of 56.53% compared to Guardian Capital Group's net margin of 37.41%. Guardian Capital Group's return on equity of 8.33% beat Fairfax India's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardian Capital Group37.41% 8.33% 2.48%
Fairfax India 56.53%7.81%5.34%

Summary

Fairfax India beats Guardian Capital Group on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GCG vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.05BC$1.28BC$6.29BC$6.23B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.38%4.19%6.72%
P/E Ratio9.6322.1913.9854.79
Price / Sales3.612,361.561,723.321,148.37
Price / Cash6.5560.71128.5583.29
Price / Book0.801.231.955.00
Net IncomeC$108.81MC$263.65MC$1.24BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.58%0.10%0.41%0.74%
1 Month Performance4.55%3.15%3.75%3.63%
1 Year Performance-0.69%5.41%18.39%23.70%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
1.107 of 5 stars
C$43.00
+0.0%
C$45.00
+4.7%
-0.7%C$1.05BC$290.83M9.63600Dividend Announcement
FIH.U
Fairfax India
N/AC$18.93
-0.4%
N/A+37.3%C$1.99BC$404.28M11.2712
SII
Sprott
0.6732 of 5 stars
C$95.53
+2.1%
C$83.00
-13.1%
+59.4%C$1.71BC$114.38M37.23170
UNC
United Co.s
N/AC$136.00
+0.0%
N/A-89.0%C$1.53BC$464.39M3.85N/A
CVG
Clairvest Group
N/AC$75.41
-0.9%
N/A+6.9%C$1.09BC$125.89M13.0447
GCG.A
Guardian Capital Group
3.4858 of 5 stars
C$41.60
-1.3%
C$52.00
+25.0%
-5.1%C$924.35MC$251.52M17.12N/APositive News
Dividend Increase
CGI
Canadian General Investments
N/AC$39.83
+1.7%
N/A+2.2%C$838.12MC$257.78M5.14N/AHigh Trading Volume
SEC
Senvest Capital
N/AC$337.25
+1.9%
N/AN/AC$823.77MC$442.41M3.5132
AGF.B
AGF Management
1.9928 of 5 stars
C$12.88
+2.5%
C$13.83
+7.4%
+50.6%C$822.52MC$517.16M10.06652
DFN
Dividend 15 Split
N/AC$6.22
flat
N/A+21.9%C$774.00MC$245.88M5.77N/A
FTN
Financial 15 Split
N/AC$9.72
+0.6%
N/A+19.0%C$587.76MC$254.82M3.34N/A

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This page (TSE:GCG) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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