Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT) Competitors

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

Is FGT or FCIT a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&C Investment Trust pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more volatility and risk, FGT or FCIT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FGT or FCIT?

F&C Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. F&C Investment Trust 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
F&C Investment Trust	£981.19M	5.37	£935.32M	£192.96	5.65

Does the media favor FGT or FCIT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income and Finsbury Growth & Income both had 4 articles in the media. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat F&C Investment Trust's score of 1.69 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
F&C Investment Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGT or FCIT?

Finsbury Growth & Income received 65 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
F&C Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 13 61.90%	Underperform Votes 8 38.10%

Is FGT or FCIT more profitable?

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.50% 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%
F&C Investment Trust	95.33%	18.50%	10.80%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FGT or FCIT?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

F&C Investment Trust beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.