Foresight Solar (FSFL) Competitors

Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PNL or FSFL?

Foresight Solar received 33 more outperform votes than Personal Assets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.82% of users gave Foresight Solar an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%
Foresight Solar	Outperform Votes 141 66.82%	Underperform Votes 70 33.18%

Does the media refer more to PNL or FSFL?

In the previous week, Foresight Solar had 2 more articles in the media than Personal Assets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Foresight Solar and 1 mentions for Personal Assets. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Foresight Solar's score of 0.20 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Personal Assets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foresight Solar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is PNL or FSFL more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Personal Assets' return on equity of 7.96% beat Foresight Solar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Personal Assets	116.31%	7.96%	1.96%
Foresight Solar	44.44%	0.94%	-0.79%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PNL or FSFL?

46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of Foresight Solar shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PNL or FSFL?

Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Solar. Personal Assets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, 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
Personal Assets	£107.31M	15.30	£124.81M	£39.23	13.13
Foresight Solar	£14.27M	29.93	£6.34M	£1.11	67.87

Which has more risk & volatility, PNL or FSFL?

Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PNL or FSFL a better dividend stock?

Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Personal Assets pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Solar pays out 720.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer PNL or FSFL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Personal Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Foresight Solar beats Personal Assets on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.