F&C Investment Trust (FCIT) Competitors GBX 1,122 +14.00 (+1.26%) (As of 11/22/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades FCIT vs. LGEN, SMT, PSH, ICP, SDRC, HL, SDR, MNG, STJ, and PCTShould 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), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), and Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). 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 M&G St. James's Place Polar Capital Technology Trust 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment. Does the MarketBeat Community favor LGEN or FCIT? Legal & General Group received 1232 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.80% 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 Votes124571.80% Underperform Votes48928.20% F&C Investment TrustOutperform Votes1361.90% Underperform Votes838.10% Is LGEN or FCIT more profitable? F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.32% compared to Legal & General Group's net margin of 2.46%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.95% beat Legal & General Group's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Legal & General Group2.46% 6.51% 0.18% F&C Investment Trust 95.32%18.95%10.80% Which has better earnings and 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioLegal & General Group£12.32B1.05£281M£0.054,432.00F&C Investment Trust£1.02B5.39£976.90M£1.92584.38 Does the media prefer LGEN or FCIT? In the previous week, Legal & General Group had 3 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Legal & General Group and 1 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Legal & General Group's score of 0.74 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 0 Very Positive mention(s) 4 Positive mention(s) 0 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) Very Positive Do insiders and institutionals believe in LGEN or FCIT? 47.2% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Legal & General Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. 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. Do analysts prefer LGEN or FCIT? Legal & General Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 279, suggesting a potential upside of 25.90%. Given Legal & General Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67F&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 9.5%. 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 42,000.0% 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 781.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SummaryLegal & General Group beats F&C Investment Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Chaikin Analytics50-year Wall Street legend: “Sell this tech stock NOW”Something very strange is happening to U.S. stocks following President Trump's victory... And this could spell disaster for some of America's favorite tech companies. You can watch for it for free, right here. 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£5.50B£827.54M£3.32B£1.44BDividend Yield1.48%13.37%4.55%11.92%P/E Ratio584.38773.39441.241,573.26Price / Sales5.393,839.653,203.47213,975.96Price / Cash13.4481.5348.7033.80Price / Book1.011.641.492.86Net Income£976.90M£57.66M£400.50M£156.20M7 Day Performance1.63%0.53%7.53%4.60%1 Month Performance6.45%0.07%8.17%4.20%1 Year Performance23.98%10.27%15.63%96.42% F&C Investment Trust Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FCITF&C Investment TrustN/AGBX 1,122+1.3%N/A+24.0%£5.50B£1.02B584.38N/ANews CoverageLGENLegal & General Group3.2615 of 5 starsGBX 219.64+0.3%GBX 279+27.0%-2.6%£12.83B£12.32B4,378.0011,956News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeSMTScottish Mortgage0.385 of 5 starsGBX 927.30+0.5%N/A+28.7%£12.80B£-712,340,000.00-1,773.85N/ANews CoveragePSHPershing SquareN/AGBX 3,630.17+0.7%N/A+16.1%£6.68B£3.14B347.06N/ADividend IncreaseInsider TradeICPIntermediate Capital GroupN/AGBX 2,146.57+1.6%N/A+37.0%£6.24B£831.60M2,787.76579SDRCSchrodersN/AGBX 2,165-2.0%N/A+0.0%£6.12B£3.14B1,071.785,750News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeHLHargreaves Lansdown1.1182 of 5 starsGBX 1,088.50flatGBX 1,048.20-3.7%+52.9%£5.16B£764.90M1,755.651,850High Trading VolumeSDRSchroders2.0545 of 5 starsGBX 313.40+0.8%GBX 368.50+17.6%-21.5%£5.05B£2.93B1,288.336,438MNGM&G1.1171 of 5 starsGBX 200.69-0.6%GBX 223.33+11.3%-1.2%£4.78B£6.21B2,884.296,101Positive NewsSTJSt. James's Place0.6586 of 5 starsGBX 837+1.3%GBX 784.25-6.3%+25.7%£4.52B£26.80B-82,451.402,298PCTPolar Capital Technology TrustN/AGBX 337.81+0.7%N/A-85.9%£4.02B£1.15B368.68120News CoveragePositive News 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 M&G Alternatives St. James's Place Alternatives Polar Capital Technology Trust Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:FCIT) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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