F&C Investment Trust (FCIT) Competitors GBX 1,035.12 -2.88 (-0.28%) As of 10:34 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock FCIT vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, STJ, MNG, and ATSTShould you be buying F&C Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F&C Investment Trust include Legal & General Group (LGEN), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Pershing Square (PSH), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), and Alliance Trust (ATST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry. F&C Investment Trust vs. Legal & General Group Scottish Mortgage Pershing Square Intermediate Capital Group Schroders Hargreaves Lansdown Schroders St. James's Place M&G Alliance Trust Legal & General Group (LON:LGEN) and F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership. 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 Group0.67% 7.79% 0.18% F&C Investment Trust 95.33%18.50%10.80% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLegal & General Group£47.90B0.29£319.08M£5.4243.51F&C Investment Trust£981.19M5.10£935.32M£192.965.36 Which has more risk and volatility, LGEN or FCIT? Legal & General Group has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LGEN or FCIT? Legal & General Group received 1236 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.86% of users gave Legal & General Group an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformLegal & General GroupOutperform Votes124971.86% Underperform Votes48928.14% F&C Investment TrustOutperform Votes1361.90% Underperform Votes838.10% Do analysts rate LGEN or FCIT? Legal & General Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 267, suggesting a potential upside of 13.28%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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) 2 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.80F&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 a better dividend stock? Legal & General Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.9%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. Does the media favor LGEN or FCIT? In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 5 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Legal & General Group and 0 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.38 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Legal & General Group Neutral F&C Investment Trust Very Positive SummaryLegal & General Group beats F&C Investment Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get F&C Investment Trust News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for FCIT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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.Skip Chart FCIT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricF&C Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£5.00B£1.14B£3.84B£2.56BDividend Yield1.28%4.39%4.16%4.92%P/E Ratio5.3621.5912.95132.62Price / Sales5.102,269.881,681.27233,513.84Price / Cash13.4461.4750.4928.17Price / Book0.951.123.404.55Net Income£935.32M£262.97M£1.25B£5.85B7 Day Performance3.30%2.47%2.16%3.51%1 Month Performance-4.94%5.65%10.47%8.50%1 Year Performance3.93%2.11%10.63%110.02% F&C Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,035.12-0.3%N/A+4.6%£5.00B£981.19M5.36N/ADividend AnnouncementNews CoverageLGENLegal & General Group2.0374 of 5 starsGBX 250+1.0%GBX 267+6.8%+1.5%£14.65B£47.90B46.1511,956SMTScottish Mortgage1.4509 of 5 starsGBX 853.60-1.3%N/A+7.6%£10.44B£1.26B8.76N/APSHPershing SquareN/AGBX 3,362-1.5%N/A-8.5%£7.69B£3.57B3.52N/AGap UpICPIntermediate Capital Group0.3538 of 5 starsN/AN/AN/A£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579News CoverageSDRCSchrodersN/AN/AN/AN/A£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750High Trading VolumeHLHargreaves Lansdown2.2075 of 5 starsGBX 1,108.50flatGBX 1,104-0.4%N/A£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders2.3362 of 5 starsGBX 313.99+0.1%GBX 427.33+36.1%-7.5%£4.87B£2.78B13.716,438STJSt. James's Place1.1179 of 5 starsGBX 895.80+0.5%GBX 784.25-12.5%+119.6%£4.84B£26.27B-750.812,298MNGM&G0.4323 of 5 starsGBX 198.55+1.4%GBX 223.33+12.5%+3.2%£4.73B£9.02B28.316,101News CoveragePositive NewsATSTAlliance TrustN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Legal & General Group Alternatives Scottish Mortgage Alternatives Pershing Square Alternatives Intermediate Capital Group Alternatives Schroders Alternatives Hargreaves Lansdown Alternatives Schroders Alternatives St. James's Place Alternatives M&G Alternatives Alliance Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:FCIT) was last updated on 4/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon Set to Shock the World by May 1st ?Tech legend Jeff Brown recently traveled to the industrial zone of South Memphis to investigate what he believ...Brownstone Research | SponsoredFeds Just Admitted It—They Can Take Your CashHere’s the cold truth: If your money is sitting idle in a bank account, it’s vulnerable. 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