Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FGT or SDR?

Schroders received 398 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Schroders	Outperform Votes 476 60.10%	Underperform Votes 316 39.90%

Is FGT or SDR a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroders pays out 96.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FGT or SDR?

Schroders has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. Schroders 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.46	£90.54M	£60.89	15.06
Schroders	£2.78B	1.91	£355.50M	£22.90	14.95

Do analysts rate FGT or SDR?

Schroders has a consensus price target of GBX 392.25, indicating a potential upside of 14.56%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Schroders	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is FGT or SDR more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Schroders' net margin of 12.81%. Schroders' return on equity of 8.65% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%
Schroders	12.81%	8.65%	1.86%

Does the media favor FGT or SDR?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 2 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 3 mentions for Schroders. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Schroders' score of 0.55 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Schroders	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FGT or SDR?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.9% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, FGT or SDR?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Schroders beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.