Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FGT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.54	£90.54M	£60.89	15.16
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Does the media favor FGT or ICP?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FGT or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 320 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Is FGT or ICP a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Finsbury Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FGT or ICP more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FGT or ICP?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by 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 more risk & volatility, FGT or ICP?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.