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FS Investment (FSIC) Competitors

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FSIC vs. KEY, INVH, CRBG, NMR, L, BSBR, ESS, PFG, ZG, and BAP

Should you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include KeyCorp (KEY), Invitation Home (INVH), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Nomura (NMR), Loews (L), Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Zillow Group (ZG), and Credicorp (BAP). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

FS Investment vs. Its Competitors

KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) and FS Investment (NYSE:FSIC) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

79.7% of KeyCorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of FS Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of KeyCorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of FS Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

FS Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than KeyCorp. KeyCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KeyCorp$9.24B2.18-$161M-$0.17-107.88
FS Investment$419.31M12.31$181.98M$0.8326.01

KeyCorp presently has a consensus price target of $19.18, indicating a potential upside of 4.60%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe KeyCorp is more favorable than FS Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KeyCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.52
FS Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 28 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for KeyCorp and 0 mentions for FS Investment. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that KeyCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KeyCorp Positive
FS Investment Neutral

KeyCorp has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

KeyCorp pays an annual dividend of $0.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. KeyCorp pays out -482.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. KeyCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

KeyCorp has a net margin of -0.12% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. FS Investment's return on equity of 9.57% beat KeyCorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KeyCorp-0.12% 9.43% 0.74%
FS Investment -3.73%9.57%5.31%

Summary

KeyCorp beats FS Investment on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FSIC vs. The Competition

MetricFS InvestmentInvestment Managers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.16BN/A$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend Yield14.18%N/A5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio26.01N/A20.0427.89
Price / Sales12.31N/A25.5142.50
Price / Cash6.30N/A21.6422.63
Price / Book2.32N/A2.284.57
Net Income$181.98MN/A$992.82M$988.81M

FS Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSIC
FS Investment
N/A$21.78
+0.9%
N/A+6.9%$5.21B$419.31M26.24N/A
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8272 of 5 stars
$18.54
+0.4%
$19.18
+3.5%
+21.2%$20.30B$4.64B-108.9716,753Analyst Upgrade
INVH
Invitation Home
4.6598 of 5 stars
$32.44
+0.5%
$37.97
+17.1%
-8.8%$19.89B$2.62B42.151,750
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.6167 of 5 stars
$34.58
+1.0%
$39.00
+12.8%
+15.2%$19.03B$19.58B29.345,200Analyst Forecast
NMR
Nomura
2.9532 of 5 stars
$6.41
+0.4%
N/A+6.4%$19.03B$31.11B8.7727,242Positive News
L
Loews
3.648 of 5 stars
$90.50
-0.5%
$112.00
+23.8%
+18.2%$18.98B$17.51B14.8613,000News Coverage
BSBR
Banco Santander Brasil
3.7444 of 5 stars
$5.07
-3.9%
$5.35
+5.6%
-3.9%$18.89B$25.44B6.2755,646News Coverage
Gap Down
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.0891 of 5 stars
$288.09
+1.2%
$310.28
+7.7%
+2.9%$18.53B$1.81B27.551,715Positive News
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.3381 of 5 stars
$81.87
+1.2%
N/AN/A$18.35B$16.13B17.5319,700News Coverage
ZG
Zillow Group
4.3597 of 5 stars
$75.48
+3.4%
$82.45
+9.2%
+55.8%$18.25B$2.24B-222.256,856Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BAP
Credicorp
3.875 of 5 stars
$224.33
-0.1%
$211.00
-5.9%
+31.5%$17.84B$21.79B12.2038,000Positive News

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