FSIC vs. KIM, EWBC, ARE, ERIE, RYAN, ARCC, HLI, JLL, WF, and COOP
Should you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include Kimco Realty (KIM), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Ares Capital (ARCC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Woori Bank (WF), and Mr. Cooper Group (COOP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FS Investment vs. Its Competitors
FS Investment (NYSE:FSIC) and Kimco Realty (NYSE:KIM) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
29.5% of FS Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.3% of Kimco Realty shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of FS Investment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Kimco Realty shares are held by company 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.
Kimco Realty has a consensus price target of $24.92, indicating a potential upside of 16.68%. Given Kimco Realty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kimco Realty is more favorable than FS Investment.
Kimco Realty has higher revenue and earnings than FS Investment. FS Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimco Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimco Realty has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kimco Realty has a net margin of 28.54% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. FS Investment's return on equity of 9.57% beat Kimco Realty's return on equity.
FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Kimco Realty pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. FS Investment pays out 91.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kimco Realty has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. FS Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Kimco Realty had 19 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kimco Realty and 0 mentions for FS Investment. Kimco Realty's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Kimco Realty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Kimco Realty beats FS Investment on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:FSIC) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
