Financial Review: GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMGW) vs. U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW)

GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMGW – Get Rating) and U.S. Global Investors (NASDAQ:GROW – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Dividends

GCM Grosvenor pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 125.7%. U.S. Global Investors pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. U.S. Global Investors pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

27.4% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of U.S. Global Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares GCM Grosvenor and U.S. Global Investors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GCM Grosvenor	N/A	N/A	N/A
U.S. Global Investors	14.28%	5.65%	5.23%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GCM Grosvenor and U.S. Global Investors’ top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GCM Grosvenor	$440.52 million	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
U.S. Global Investors	$22.61 million	1.81	$5.50 million	$0.22	12.48

U.S. Global Investors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GCM Grosvenor.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for GCM Grosvenor and U.S. Global Investors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GCM Grosvenor	0	0	0	0	N/A
U.S. Global Investors	0	0	0	0	N/A

Summary

U.S. Global Investors beats GCM Grosvenor on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About U.S. Global Investors

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U.S. Global Investors, Inc. engages in the provision of investment advisory services. It operates through the Investment Management Services and Corporate Investments segments. The Investment Management Services segment offers a range of investment management products and services to offshore and exchange traded fund clients. The Corporate Investments segment invests in its own accounts to add growth and value to its cash position. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in San Antonio, TX.