Fair Oaks Income (FA17) Competitors GBX 0.50 -0.05 (-8.26%) As of 08/1/2025 06:51 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendBuy This Stock FA17 vs. RICA, IEM, SAIN, CGT, MUT, JEO, NBPE, APEO, ESCT, and SLPEShould you be buying Fair Oaks Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fair Oaks Income include Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Capital Gearing (CGT), Murray Income Trust (MUT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. Fair Oaks Income vs. Its Competitors Ruffer Investment Impax Environmental Markets Scottish American Investment Capital Gearing Murray Income Trust European Opportunities Trust NB Private Equity Partners abrdn Private Equity Opportunities The European Smaller Companies Trust Standard Life Private Equity Trust Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and Fair Oaks Income (LON:FA17) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RICA or FA17? Fair Oaks Income has higher revenue and earnings than Ruffer Investment. Fair Oaks Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioRuffer Investment£16.91M54.24£8.78M£2.75103.67Fair Oaks Income£3.05B0.07£2.96B£0.077.35 Is RICA or FA17 more profitable? Fair Oaks Income has a net margin of 97.06% compared to Ruffer Investment's net margin of 51.94%. Fair Oaks Income's return on equity of 12.24% beat Ruffer Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Ruffer Investment51.94% 0.96% 0.45% Fair Oaks Income 97.06%12.24%N/A Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RICA or FA17? 43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.5% of Fair Oaks Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fair Oaks Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Does the media refer more to RICA or FA17? In the previous week, Ruffer Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fair Oaks Income'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment Ruffer Investment Neutral Fair Oaks Income Neutral Is RICA or FA17 a better dividend stock? Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fair Oaks Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1,600.0%. Ruffer Investment pays out 181.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fair Oaks Income pays out 11,759.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryRuffer Investment beats Fair Oaks Income on 7 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Fair Oaks Income News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FA17 and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address Media Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FA17 vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFair Oaks IncomeAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£212.99M£1.29B£6.31B£3.05BDividend Yield15.91%4.40%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio7.3522.4614.09175.33Price / Sales0.072,560.751,856.86298,668.20Price / CashN/A60.7049.1427.97Price / Book0.011.442.114.51Net Income£2.96B£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.21%6.23%12.82%1 Month PerformanceN/A0.53%1.76%4.49%1 Year Performance-12.28%6.56%19.94%69.70% Fair Oaks Income Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FA17Fair Oaks IncomeN/AGBX 0.50-8.3%N/A-12.3%£212.99M£3.05B7.35N/AGap DownRICARuffer InvestmentN/AGBX 285+0.2%N/A+2.5%£917.06M£16.91M103.67N/AIEMImpax Environmental MarketsN/AGBX 393.21+0.1%N/A+1.2%£912.84M£1.35M-97.81N/APositive NewsSAINScottish American InvestmentN/AGBX 519-0.4%N/A+0.8%£907.51M£75.38M10.41N/ACGTCapital GearingN/AGBX 4,830+0.2%N/A+1.8%£898.26M£17.92M19.64N/ANews CoverageMUTMurray Income TrustN/AGBX 899-0.7%N/A+0.2%£898.18M£97.96M9.91147,000Positive NewsDividend CutJEOEuropean Opportunities TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/ANBPENB Private Equity PartnersN/AGBX 1,528flatN/A-13.6%£886.25M£12.90M-40.08N/ANews CoverageInsider TradeAPEOabrdn Private Equity OpportunitiesN/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/AESCTThe European Smaller Companies TrustN/AGBX 220.56-0.2%N/A+16.5%£869.97M£96.24M10.40305Positive NewsSLPEStandard Life Private Equity TrustN/AGBX 550flatN/A-4.0%£845.60M£251.60M3.54N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ruffer Investment Competitors Impax Environmental Markets Competitors Scottish American Investment Competitors Capital Gearing Competitors Murray Income Trust Competitors European Opportunities Trust Competitors NB Private Equity Partners Competitors abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Competitors The European Smaller Companies Trust Competitors Standard Life Private Equity Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:FA17) was last updated on 8/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersCritical AI announcement set to ignite AI 2.0 I just put together an urgent new presentation that you need to see right away. 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