Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) Competitors

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON:GSF) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.

Is GSF or FGT more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's net margin of -80.72%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	-80.72%	-1.04%	-0.64%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Does the media refer more to GSF or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 3 mentions for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's score of -0.45 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
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Which has more volatility & risk, GSF or FGT?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a beta of 0.31, indicating that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GSF or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund 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
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	£7.38M	45.27	-£5.96M	-£1.16	-56.00
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.32	£90.54M	£60.89	14.91

Do analysts prefer GSF or FGT?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund presently has a consensus target price of GBX 600, indicating a potential upside of 825.93%. Given Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GSF or FGT?

31.7% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GSF or FGT a better dividend stock?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays out -691.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% 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. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Gore Street Energy Storage Fund on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.