GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG – Get Free Report) is one of 1,744 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare GCM Grosvenor to related businesses based on the strength of its risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares GCM Grosvenor and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GCM Grosvenor | 7.79% | 142.74% | 18.73% |
| GCM Grosvenor Competitors | 318.50% | 79.22% | 3.72% |
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares GCM Grosvenor and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GCM Grosvenor | $557.57 million | $45.37 million | 24.35 |
| GCM Grosvenor Competitors | $2.39 billion | $398.52 million | 17.86 |
GCM Grosvenor’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than GCM Grosvenor. GCM Grosvenor is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
100.0% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.5% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by institutional investors. 70.7% of GCM Grosvenor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GCM Grosvenor and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GCM Grosvenor | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.80 |
| GCM Grosvenor Competitors | 5560 | 20137 | 22477 | 642 | 2.37 |
GCM Grosvenor currently has a consensus target price of $14.62, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 26.42%. Given GCM Grosvenor’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GCM Grosvenor has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Risk and Volatility
GCM Grosvenor has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GCM Grosvenor’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, indicating that their average share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. GCM Grosvenor pays out 92.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Capital Markets” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 29.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
GCM Grosvenor beats its competitors on 9 of the 15 factors compared.
GCM Grosvenor Company Profile
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.
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