FGT vs. FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, EMG, STJ, and ABDN
Should you be buying Finsbury Growth & Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finsbury Growth & Income include F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Man Group (EMG), St. James's Place (STJ), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.19% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.62%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 11.00% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.
In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat F&C Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Finsbury Growth & Income received 65 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote.
F&C Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. F&C Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.1% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. F&C Investment Trust pays out 1,456.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
F&C Investment Trust beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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