Critical Contrast: Golden Gate Partners (OTCMKTS:GNGT) & Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI)

Colliers International Group (NASDAQ:CIGI) and Golden Gate Partners (OTCMKTS:GNGT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Colliers International Group and Golden Gate Partners”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Colliers International Group	$4.82 billion	1.50	$161.73 million	$2.29	63.76
Golden Gate Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Colliers International Group has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Gate Partners.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Colliers International Group and Golden Gate Partners, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Colliers International Group	0	6	7	1	2.64
Golden Gate Partners	0	0	0	0	0.00

Colliers International Group presently has a consensus price target of $175.70, indicating a potential upside of 20.33%. Given Colliers International Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Colliers International Group is more favorable than Golden Gate Partners.

Profitability

This table compares Colliers International Group and Golden Gate Partners’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Colliers International Group	2.15%	20.72%	4.47%
Golden Gate Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

80.1% of Colliers International Group shares are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of Colliers International Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 94.2% of Golden Gate Partners shares are held by 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.

Summary

Colliers International Group beats Golden Gate Partners on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Colliers International Group

Colliers International Group Inc. provides commercial real estate professional and investment management services to corporate and institutional clients in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers outsourcing and advisory services, such as engineering and project management, property management, valuation, and other services, as well as loan servicing for commercial real estate clients. It also provides property management services comprising building operations and maintenance, facilities management, lease administration, property accounting and financial reporting, contract management, and construction management; and project management services, which include bid document review, construction monitoring and delivery management, contract administration and integrated cost control, development management, facility and engineering functionality, milestone and performance monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, and strategic project consulting. In addition, the company offers corporate and workplace solutions; occupier; workplace strategy; property marketing services; transaction brokerage services, including sales and leasing for corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, governments, and individuals; and capital markets services for property sales, debt finance, mortgage investment banking services, as well as landlord and tenant representation services. Further, the company provides investment management services that consists of asset management and investor advisory services. Colliers International Group Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

About Golden Gate Partners

Golden Gate Partners, Inc. focuses on marketing distressed residential properties in the United States. It intends to market properties to international buyers, primarily from China and other parts of Asia. The company was formerly known as Golden Gates Homes, Inc. and changed its name to Golden Gate Partners, Inc. in January 2014. Golden Gate Partners, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in New York, New York. As of June 18, 2013, Golden Gate Partners, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ta Partners, Inc.