FSG vs. FSFL, NAS, PCFT, CORD, IPO, EWI, THRG, BUT, PHI, and CHRY
Should you be buying Foresight Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Foresight Group include Foresight Solar (FSFL), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), IP Group (IPO), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Brunner (BUT), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), and Chrysalis Investments (CHRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Foresight Solar had 2 more articles in the media than Foresight Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Solar and 0 mentions for Foresight Group. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Foresight Solar's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Foresight Solar received 138 more outperform votes than Foresight Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foresight Group an outperform vote while only 66.67% of users gave Foresight Solar an outperform vote.
Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Foresight Solar pays out 26,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foresight Group pays out 10,476.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Foresight Solar has a net margin of 69.04% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 15.39%. Foresight Solar's return on equity of 27.80% beat Foresight Group's return on equity.
Foresight Group has a consensus price target of GBX 560, suggesting a potential upside of 27.27%. Given Foresight Solar's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than Foresight Solar.
58.2% of Foresight Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.2% of Foresight Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of Foresight Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Solar. Foresight Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Foresight Group beats Foresight Solar on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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