Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both asset management industry companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Is ABDN or FGT more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Does the media favor ABDN or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 2 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 4 mentions for abrdn. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat abrdn's score of 0.28 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ABDN or FGT?

42.1% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.3% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate ABDN or FGT?

abrdn currently has a consensus price target of GBX 208.60, suggesting a potential upside of 0.87%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk & volatility, ABDN or FGT?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ABDN or FGT a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn pays out 83.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 79.0% 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 earnings and valuation, ABDN or FGT?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. abrdn 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
abrdn	£1.68B	2.21	£316.36M	£0.17	1,188.51
Finsbury Growth & Income	£40.93M	27.59	£90.54M	£0.25	3,427.70

Summary

abrdn and Finsbury Growth & Income tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.