Reviewing Great Elm Group (GEG) and Its Peers

Great Elm Group (NASDAQ:GEG) is one of 1,746 public companies in the “Capital Markets” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Great Elm Group to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Risk & Volatility

Great Elm Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Great Elm Group’s competitors have a beta of 0.79, indicating that their average stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Great Elm Group and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Great Elm Group	$27.78 million	-$35.44 million	-2.06
Great Elm Group Competitors	$2.39 billion	$398.05 million	14.96

Great Elm Group’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Great Elm Group. Great Elm Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Great Elm Group and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Great Elm Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Great Elm Group Competitors	5615	20215	22568	650	2.37

As a group, “Capital Markets” companies have a potential upside of 23.41%. Given Great Elm Group’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Great Elm Group has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Great Elm Group and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Great Elm Group	-160.19%	-73.59%	-27.65%
Great Elm Group Competitors	314.66%	9.82%	3.42%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.8% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by institutional investors. 52.4% of Great Elm Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of shares of all “Capital Markets” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Great Elm Group competitors beat Great Elm Group on 11 of the 13 factors compared.

About Great Elm Group

Great Elm Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEG) is a diversified holding company focused on asset management, specialty finance and related investment activities. Through its subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, the company seeks to invest in and manage a range of financial assets and operating businesses. One of Great Elm Group’s principal activities is alternative asset management. Its investment-management operations have been associated with investment vehicles that pursue credit and other opportunistic strategies, including Great Elm Capital Corp., a business development company.