FGT vs. HL, PCT, ABDN, ATST, 3IN, PHLL, JGGI, BPT, RCP, and BUR
Should you be buying Finsbury Growth & Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Finsbury Growth & Income include Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), abrdn (ABDN), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Petershill Partners (PHLL), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), and Burford Capital (BUR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Finsbury Growth & Income vs. Its Competitors
Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and valuation.
Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.
28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. Hargreaves Lansdown 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.
In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 4 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hargreaves Lansdown beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:FGT) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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