Contrasting GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) & Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR)

GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) and Green Street Capital (OTCMKTS:JAGR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares GCM Grosvenor and Green Street Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor	5.18%	-149.74%	19.54%
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for GCM Grosvenor and Green Street Capital, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor	0	2	2	0	2.50
Green Street Capital	0	0	0	0	0.00

GCM Grosvenor presently has a consensus target price of $15.13, indicating a potential upside of 24.98%. Given GCM Grosvenor’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GCM Grosvenor is more favorable than Green Street Capital.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

100.0% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. 77.3% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 72.4% of Green Street Capital shares are held 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.

Risk & Volatility

GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Green Street Capital has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GCM Grosvenor and Green Street Capital”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCM Grosvenor	$514.01 million	4.57	$18.69 million	$0.15	80.68
Green Street Capital	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

GCM Grosvenor has higher revenue and earnings than Green Street Capital.

Summary

GCM Grosvenor beats Green Street Capital on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About GCM Grosvenor

GCM Grosvenor Inc. is global alternative asset management solutions provider. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also provides its services to investment companies, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans and state or municipal government entities. The firm invests in equity and alternative investment markets of the United States and internationally. The firm invests in multi-strategy, credit-focused, equity-focused, macro-focused, commodity-focused, and other specialty portfolios. It focuses in hedge fund asset classes, private equity, real estate, and/or infrastructure, credit and absolute return strategies. It also focuses in primary fund investments, secondary fund investments, and co-investments with a focus on buyout, distressed debt, mezzanine, venture capital/growth equity investments. The firm seeks to do seed investments in small, emerging, and diverse private equity firms. The firm seeks to make regionally-focused investments in middle-market buyout. It prefers to invest in aerospace and defense, advanced electronics, information technology, biosciences, and advanced materials. It focuses on Ohio and the Midwest region. The firm employs fundamental and quantitative analysis. GCM Grosvenor Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in North America, Asia, Australia and Europe.

About Green Street Capital

Green Street Capital Corp. invests in environmental technology companies that require capital for expansion or are pursuing acquisition strategies. It also recycles grease trap waste for the production of biomass feedstock used in blending biofuels. Green Street Capital Corp. was formerly known as Jaguar Mining Enterprises Inc. and changed its name to Green Street Capital Corp. in July 2010. The company is based in Tampa, Florida.