Canadian General Investments, Limited is a close ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by Morgan Meighen & Associates Limited. It invests in the public equity markets of Canada. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.
Canadian General Investments Fundamentals Summary
How do Canadian General Investments's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
Is Canadian General Investments undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
Valuation Score
5/6
Valuation Score 5/6
Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
PE vs Industry
PE vs Market
PEG Ratio
PB vs Industry
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: CGI (£24.25) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£121.87)
Significantly Below Fair Value: CGI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: CGI is good value based on its PE Ratio (3.1x) compared to the UK Capital Markets industry average (9.9x).
PE vs Market: CGI is good value based on its PE Ratio (3.1x) compared to the UK market (16x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CGI's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: CGI is good value based on its PB Ratio (0.6x) compared to the GB Capital Markets industry average (1.2x).
Future Growth
How is Canadian General Investments forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
Future Growth Score
0/6
Future Growth Score 0/6
Earnings vs Savings Rate
Earnings vs Market
High Growth Earnings
Revenue vs Market
High Growth Revenue
Future ROE
12.4%
Forecasted Diversified Financials industry annual growth in earnings
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company’s ability to generate profit. But as Canadian General Investments has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
This is quite a rare situation as 97% of companies covered by SimplyWall St do have past financial data.
Past Performance
How has Canadian General Investments performed over the past 5 years?
Past Performance Score
2/6
Past Performance Score 2/6
Quality Earnings
Growing Profit Margin
Earnings Trend
Accelerating Growth
Earnings vs Industry
High ROE
31.5%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: CGI has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: CGI's current net profit margins (89.6%) are lower than last year (94%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: CGI's earnings have grown significantly by 31.5% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: CGI's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.
Earnings vs Industry: CGI had negative earnings growth (-12%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Capital Markets industry average (76.9%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: CGI's Return on Equity (19.9%) is considered low.
Financial Health
How is Canadian General Investments's financial position?
Financial Health Score
5/6
Financial Health Score 5/6
Short Term Liabilities
Long Term Liabilities
Debt Level
Reducing Debt
Debt Coverage
Interest Coverage
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: CGI's short term assets (CA$1.5B) exceed its short term liabilities (CA$110.5M).
Long Term Liabilities: CGI's short term assets (CA$1.5B) exceed its long term liabilities (CA$74.7M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: CGI has more cash than its total debt.
Reducing Debt: CGI's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 25.4% to 13.6% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: CGI's debt is not well covered by operating cash flow (18.1%).
Interest Coverage: CGI's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (63.9x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Dividend
What is Canadian General Investments's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Score
2/6
Dividend Score 2/6
Notable Dividend
High Dividend
Stable Dividend
Growing Dividend
Earnings Coverage
Future Dividend Coverage
2.42%
Current Dividend Yield
Upcoming Dividend Payment
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: CGI's dividend (2.42%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (1.77%).
High Dividend: CGI's dividend (2.42%) is low compared to the top 25% of dividend payers in the UK market (4.65%).
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: CGI's dividend payments have been volatile in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: CGI's dividend payments have fallen over the past 10 years.
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its low payout ratio (7.2%), CGI's dividend payments are thoroughly covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its reasonable cash payout ratio (60.7%), CGI's dividend payments are covered by cash flows.
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
20.8yrs
Average board tenure
CEO
Jonathan Morgan
17.25yrs
Tenure
CA$215,165
Compensation
Mr. Jonathan A. Morgan serves as Principal, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Morgan Meighen and Associates Limited. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director...
Board Members
Experienced Board: CGI's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 20.8 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Canadian General Investments, Limited's employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
All financial data provided by Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
Data
Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis
2022/05/05 00:00
End of Day Share Price
2022/05/05 00:00
Earnings
2021/12/31
Annual Earnings
2021/12/31
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.