Finsbury Growth & Income (FGT) Competitors

Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, HL or FGT?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HL or FGT?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. Finsbury Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, 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
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	6.87	£293.20M	£0.62	1,787.90
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.02	£90.54M	£60.89	14.57

Does the media favor HL or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 4 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hargreaves Lansdown	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HL or FGT?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 329 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HL or FGT?

66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HL or FGT more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Is HL or FGT a better dividend stock?

Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% 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 pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer HL or FGT?

Hargreaves Lansdown currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,104, suggesting a potential downside of 0.41%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.