William Blair Increases Earnings Estimates for GCM Grosvenor

GCM Grosvenor Inc. (NASDAQ:GCMG) – Equities research analysts at William Blair raised their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of GCM Grosvenor in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 11th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now forecasts that the company will earn $0.75 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.70. The consensus estimate for GCM Grosvenor’s current full-year earnings is $0.51 per share.

A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on GCMG. TD Cowen downgraded shares of GCM Grosvenor from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $13.50 to $12.50 in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Piper Sandler raised shares of GCM Grosvenor from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the company from $12.50 to $14.00 in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on GCM Grosvenor from $18.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on GCM Grosvenor from $9.50 to $12.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $13.70.

GCM Grosvenor Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GCMG opened at $13.75 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $12.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.87. The stock has a market cap of $2.60 billion, a P/E ratio of -229.17 and a beta of 0.56. GCM Grosvenor has a 52-week low of $8.18 and a 52-week high of $14.44.

GCM Grosvenor (NASDAQ:GCMG) last issued its earnings results on Monday, February 10th. The company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.22 by ($0.01). GCM Grosvenor had a negative return on equity of 73.06% and a net margin of 3.08%.

Institutional Trading of GCM Grosvenor

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GCMG. Bamco Inc. NY bought a new stake in GCM Grosvenor in the third quarter worth $19,810,000. Granite Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of GCM Grosvenor in the fourth quarter worth about $2,200,000. American Century Companies Inc. bought a new stake in shares of GCM Grosvenor in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,437,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in GCM Grosvenor by 40.0% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 404,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,964,000 after acquiring an additional 115,546 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in GCM Grosvenor by 87.1% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 188,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,318,000 after acquiring an additional 87,945 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.95% of the company’s stock.

GCM Grosvenor Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 3rd will be given a $0.11 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.20%. GCM Grosvenor’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -733.33%.

About GCM Grosvenor

GCM Grosvenor Inc is global alternative asset management solutions provider. The firm primarily provides its services to pooled investment vehicles. It also provides its services to investment companies, high net worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans and state or municipal government entities.