Analyzing Vinci Partners Investments (NASDAQ:VINP) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG)

Vinci Partners Investments (NASDAQ:VINP) and DigitalBridge Group (NYSE:DBRG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Vinci Partners Investments and DigitalBridge Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vinci Partners Investments	0	0	2	0	3.00
DigitalBridge Group	0	1	7	2	3.10

Vinci Partners Investments currently has a consensus target price of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.94%. DigitalBridge Group has a consensus target price of $16.67, indicating a potential upside of 35.78%. Given DigitalBridge Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe DigitalBridge Group is more favorable than Vinci Partners Investments.

Risk & Volatility

Vinci Partners Investments has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DigitalBridge Group has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vinci Partners Investments and DigitalBridge Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vinci Partners Investments	37.79%	15.00%	8.52%
DigitalBridge Group	21.42%	3.58%	1.72%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Vinci Partners Investments and DigitalBridge Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vinci Partners Investments	$91.03 million	6.09	$44.19 million	$0.62	16.63
DigitalBridge Group	$1.50 billion	1.42	$185.28 million	$0.73	16.82

DigitalBridge Group has higher revenue and earnings than Vinci Partners Investments. Vinci Partners Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalBridge Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

34.1% of Vinci Partners Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.3% of Vinci Partners Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DigitalBridge Group shares are owned by company 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.

Dividends

Vinci Partners Investments pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. DigitalBridge Group pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vinci Partners Investments pays out 103.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DigitalBridge Group pays out 5.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

DigitalBridge Group beats Vinci Partners Investments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vinci Partners Investments

Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. operates as an asset management firm in Brazil. The company focuses on private markets, liquid strategies, investment products and solutions, and retirement services. It offers private equity, infrastructure, real estate, credit, special situations, equities, hedge funds, and investment products and solutions comprising portfolio and management services. In addition, the company financial and strategic advisory services, focusing on IPO advisory and mergers and acquisition transactions to entrepreneurs, corporate senior management teams, and boards of directors. Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. was founded in 2009 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

About DigitalBridge Group

DigitalBridge is an infrastructure investment firm specializing in digital infrastructure assets. They provide services to institutional investors. They primarily invest in data centers, cell towers, fiber networks, small cells, and edge infrastructure. DigitalBridge Group, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with additional offices in Los Angles, California, and New York New York.