FSG vs. TEM, SSON, CLDN, JAM, MRC, BHMG, RAT, FEV, MYI, and ATT
Should you be buying Foresight Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foresight Group include Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), JPMorgan American (JAM), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Rathbones Group (RAT), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Murray International (MYI), and Allianz Technology Trust (ATT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Foresight Group vs. Its Competitors
Foresight Group (LON:FSG) and Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Foresight Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 27.89%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Group. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Foresight Group had 5 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Foresight Group and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Foresight Group's score of 0.95 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 32.24% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.
Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
42.8% of Foresight Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Foresight Group pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Foresight Group beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FSG) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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