FSIC vs. RDN, UBSI, PFSI, KRG, THG, FG, LAZ, AEL, ONB, and SLM
Should you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include Radian Group (RDN), United Bankshares (UBSI), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Lazard (LAZ), American Equity Investment Life (AEL), Old National Bancorp (ONB), and SLM (SLM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
FS Investment (NYSE:FSIC) and Radian Group (NYSE:RDN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
In the previous week, Radian Group had 4 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Radian Group and 0 mentions for FS Investment. Radian Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Radian Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Radian Group has higher revenue and earnings than FS Investment. Radian Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Radian Group has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.15%. Given Radian Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Radian Group is more favorable than FS Investment.
FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Radian Group pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. Radian Group pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Radian Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Radian Group received 192 more outperform votes than FS Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Radian Group an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave FS Investment an outperform vote.
Radian Group has a net margin of 48.51% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. Radian Group's return on equity of 14.75% beat FS Investment's return on equity.
29.5% of FS Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Radian Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of FS Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Radian Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Radian Group beats FS Investment on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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