F&C Investment Trust (FCIT) Competitors

Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LGEN or FCIT?

47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor LGEN or FCIT?

In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 8 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Legal & General Group and 2 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Legal & General Group's score of 1.42 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Legal & General Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
F&C Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer LGEN or FCIT?

Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 268.33, indicating a potential upside of 5.64%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Legal & General Group is more favorable than F&C Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Legal & General Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
F&C Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LGEN or FCIT more profitable?

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 0.67%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.50% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Legal & General Group	0.67%	7.79%	0.18%
F&C Investment Trust	95.33%	18.50%	10.80%

Is LGEN or FCIT a better dividend stock?

Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Legal & General Group pays out 387.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. F&C Investment Trust pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LGEN or FCIT?

F&C Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Legal & General Group. F&C Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Legal & General Group, 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
Legal & General Group	£47.90B	0.31	£319.08M	£5.42	46.89
F&C Investment Trust	£981.19M	5.70	£935.32M	£192.96	6.00

Which has more volatility & risk, LGEN or FCIT?

Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Legal & General Group beats F&C Investment Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.