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FS Investment (FSIC) Competitors

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

Should you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include KeyCorp (KEY), Nomura (NMR), Invitation Home (INVH), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Loews (L), Credicorp (BAP), Zillow Group (ZG), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Principal Financial Group (PFG), and Banco Santander Brasil (BSBR). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

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$9.24B2.09-$161M-$0.07-251.86
FS Investment$419.31M11.69$181.98M$0.8324.70

In the previous week, KeyCorp had 39 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for KeyCorp and 0 mentions for FS Investment. KeyCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.74 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 net margin of 1.49% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. KeyCorp's return on equity of 9.65% beat FS Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KeyCorp1.49% 9.65% 0.82%
FS Investment -3.73%9.57%5.31%

KeyCorp has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, suggesting 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 4.7%. FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. KeyCorp pays out -1,171.4% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $19.39, suggesting a potential upside of 10.01%. Given KeyCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.48
FS Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

KeyCorp beats FS Investment on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$4.90BN/A$12.08B$20.69B
Dividend Yield14.18%N/A5.63%3.67%
P/E Ratio24.70N/A19.7429.07
Price / Sales11.69N/A25.9166.55
Price / Cash6.30N/A21.3322.84
Price / Book2.20N/A2.094.43
Net Income$181.98MN/A$1.00B$994.22M

FS Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSIC
FS Investment
N/A$20.50
-2.0%
N/A+3.3%$4.90B$419.31M24.70N/A
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8731 of 5 stars
$18.56
-1.3%
$19.24
+3.7%
+15.9%$20.34B$9.24B-265.1016,753Trending News
Gap Down
NMR
Nomura
2.6981 of 5 stars
$6.77
-1.5%
N/A+13.6%$20.10B$31.11B9.2727,242Earnings Report
INVH
Invitation Home
4.4085 of 5 stars
$32.22
-0.8%
$37.97
+17.9%
-14.7%$19.75B$2.62B41.841,750News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CRBG
Corebridge Financial
4.5058 of 5 stars
$35.11
-0.8%
$39.91
+13.7%
+24.3%$19.31B$19.58B29.765,200Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
L
Loews
2.1582 of 5 stars
$91.44
-0.6%
$112.00
+22.5%
+13.9%$19.19B$17.50B15.0313,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BAP
Credicorp
4.0482 of 5 stars
$236.67
-0.1%
$227.25
-4.0%
+42.2%$18.81B$7.00B12.8638,000News Coverage
Positive News
ZG
Zillow Group
3.5827 of 5 stars
$77.18
-0.4%
$82.45
+6.8%
+73.9%$18.64B$2.24B-227.036,856News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.7833 of 5 stars
$288.11
-1.5%
$310.94
+7.9%
-10.2%$18.55B$1.77B27.571,715News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PFG
Principal Financial Group
3.7489 of 5 stars
$80.55
-0.4%
N/AN/A$18.06B$16.13B17.2519,700Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
BSBR
Banco Santander Brasil
3.9456 of 5 stars
$4.80
-1.1%
$5.35
+11.6%
-7.5%$17.85B$25.44B5.9255,646News Coverage
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NYSE:FSIC) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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