FBD (FBH) Competitors

FBD (LON:FBH) and Third Point Investors (LON:TPOU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Is FBH or TPOU a better dividend stock?

FBD pays an annual dividend of GBX 100 per share and has a dividend yield of 743.5%. Third Point Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 81 per share and has a dividend yield of 371.6%. FBD pays out 5,263.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Third Point Investors pays out -10,125.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to FBH or TPOU?

In the previous week, Third Point Investors had 1 more articles in the media than FBD. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Third Point Investors and 0 mentions for FBD. FBD's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Third Point Investors'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FBD	Neutral
Third Point Investors	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FBH or TPOU?

FBD has higher revenue and earnings than Third Point Investors. Third Point Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FBD, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FBD	£422.78M	0.01	£69.26M	£1.90	7.08
Third Point Investors	-£17.40M	-0.30	-£50.45M	-£0.80	-27.25

Do analysts recommend FBH or TPOU?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FBD	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Third Point Investors	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FBH or TPOU?

FBD received 68 more outperform votes than Third Point Investors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave Third Point Investors an outperform vote while only 63.23% of users gave FBD an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FBD	Outperform Votes 98 63.23%	Underperform Votes 57 36.77%
Third Point Investors	Outperform Votes 30 68.18%	Underperform Votes 14 31.82%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FBH or TPOU?

14.2% of FBD shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Third Point Investors shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.2% of FBD shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of Third Point Investors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FBH or TPOU more profitable?

FBD has a net margin of 16.45% compared to Third Point Investors' net margin of 0.00%. FBD's return on equity of 14.85% beat Third Point Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FBD	16.45%	14.85%	5.57%
Third Point Investors	N/A	-7.47%	-2.58%

Which has more risk and volatility, FBH or TPOU?

FBD has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Third Point Investors has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FBD beats Third Point Investors on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.