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Guardian Capital Group (GCG) Competitors

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C$44.20 -0.39 (-0.87%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

GCG vs. GS, LBS, BK, XLY, AIM, OLY, SBC, PBY.UN, GDV, and AVK

Should you be buying Guardian Capital Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Capital Group include Gluskin Sheff + Associates (GS), Life & Banc Split (LBS), Canadian Banc (BK), Auxly Cannabis Group (XLY), Aimia (AIM), Olympia Financial Group (OLY), Brompton Split Banc (SBC), Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund (PBY.UN), Global Dividend Growth Split (GDV), and Avnel Gold Mining (AVK). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Guardian Capital Group vs.

Guardian Capital Group (TSE:GCG) and Gluskin Sheff + Associates (TSE:GS) 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 earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Guardian Capital Group has a net margin of 24.73% compared to Gluskin Sheff + Associates' net margin of 0.00%. Guardian Capital Group's return on equity of 5.26% beat Gluskin Sheff + Associates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardian Capital Group24.73% 5.26% 2.48%
Gluskin Sheff + Associates N/A N/A N/A

26.3% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 77.1% of Guardian Capital Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Gluskin Sheff + Associates received 162 more outperform votes than Guardian Capital Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.58% of users gave Guardian Capital Group an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Gluskin Sheff + Associates an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Guardian Capital GroupOutperform Votes
171
59.58%
Underperform Votes
116
40.42%
Gluskin Sheff + AssociatesOutperform Votes
333
56.73%
Underperform Votes
254
43.27%

Guardian Capital Group pays an annual dividend of C$1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share. Guardian Capital Group pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gluskin Sheff + Associates pays out 123.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Guardian Capital Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Guardian Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Gluskin Sheff + Associates. Gluskin Sheff + Associates 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$251.52M0.48C$62.21MC$2.4318.19
Gluskin Sheff + AssociatesC$113.89M0.00C$25.29MC$0.81N/A

In the previous week, Gluskin Sheff + Associates had 1 more articles in the media than Guardian Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gluskin Sheff + Associates and 0 mentions for Guardian Capital Group. Guardian Capital Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Gluskin Sheff + Associates' score of 0.67 indicating that Guardian Capital Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Capital Group Positive
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Positive

Guardian Capital Group currently has a consensus target price of C$51.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.38%. Given Guardian Capital Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guardian Capital Group is more favorable than Gluskin Sheff + Associates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardian Capital Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Gluskin Sheff + Associates
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Guardian Capital Group beats Gluskin Sheff + Associates on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GCG vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Capital GroupAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$121.11MC$832.55MC$3.33BC$5.67B
Dividend Yield3.61%13.38%4.55%5.76%
P/E Ratio18.19764.24446.9528.24
Price / Sales0.4813,869.693,074.571,203.85
Price / Cash6.5580.5548.4378.40
Price / Book0.841.711.493.34
Net IncomeC$62.21MC$57.48MC$396.76MC$286.16M
7 Day Performance0.55%-0.80%5.98%-2.13%
1 Month Performance5.29%12.35%8.81%2.16%
1 Year Performance-2.21%7.15%11.28%38.09%

Guardian Capital Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GCG
Guardian Capital Group
2.9478 of 5 stars
C$44.20
-0.9%
C$51.00
+15.4%
-2.2%C$121.11MC$251.52M18.19600
GS
Gluskin Sheff + Associates
N/AC$14.24
-0.1%
N/AN/AC$444.64MC$113.89M17.5848,500News Coverage
LBS
Life & Banc Split
N/AC$9.36
-1.3%
N/A+17.9%C$427.57MC$62.62M18.00N/A
BK
Canadian Banc
N/AC$12.06
+0.4%
N/A+18.0%C$364.09MC$96.94M5.172,018
XLY
Auxly Cannabis Group
N/AC$0.39
+5.4%
N/A+0.0%C$289.90MC$35.07M-2.10N/AGap Up
AIM
Aimia
2.1629 of 5 stars
C$2.66
-1.8%
C$4.00
+50.4%
-14.6%C$261.69MC$396.20M-2.0020News Coverage
Gap Down
OLY
Olympia Financial Group
2.5073 of 5 stars
C$108.50
+1.4%
C$135.19
+24.6%
+12.7%C$261.49MC$103.18M11.45325Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
SBC
Brompton Split Banc
N/AC$10.27
flat
N/A+15.2%C$225.43MC$35.31M11.9440
PBY.UN
Canso Credit Trust - Canso Credit Income Fund
N/AC$15.76
flat
N/A+10.4%C$207.09MN/A0.00N/A
GDV
Global Dividend Growth Split
N/A11.89
+0.8%
N/A+31.0%$186.55MN/A3.90N/A
AVK
Avnel Gold Mining
N/AC$0.43
-2.3%
N/AN/AC$162.11MN/A0.00N/A

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This page (TSE:GCG) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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