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M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI) Competitors

GBX 95
-1.00 (-1.04%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

MGCI vs. FSG, EOT, THRG, PHI, CHRY, NAS, HONY, JPGI, FSFL, and POLR

Should you be buying M&G Credit Income Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of M&G Credit Income Investment include Foresight Group (FSG), European Opportunities Trust (EOT), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), North Atlantic Smaller Cos (NAS), Pollen Street (HONY), Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income (JPGI), Foresight Solar (FSFL), and Polar Capital (POLR). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

M&G Credit Income Investment vs.

M&G Credit Income Investment (LON:MGCI) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

M&G Credit Income Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. M&G Credit Income Investment pays out 8,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foresight Group pays out 14,090.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. M&G Credit Income Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Foresight Group had 1 more articles in the media than M&G Credit Income Investment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Foresight Group and 0 mentions for M&G Credit Income Investment. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat M&G Credit Income Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
M&G Credit Income Investment Neutral
Foresight Group Positive

Foresight Group has higher revenue and earnings than M&G Credit Income Investment. M&G Credit Income Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
M&G Credit Income Investment£15.36M8.72£13.31M£0.091,055.56
Foresight Group£141.33M3.75£26.43M£0.222,090.91

M&G Credit Income Investment has a net margin of 86.67% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 31.88% beat M&G Credit Income Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
M&G Credit Income Investment86.67% 9.85% 6.00%
Foresight Group 18.70%31.88%15.09%

M&G Credit Income Investment has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

58.6% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Foresight Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Foresight Group has a consensus price target of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 26.09%. Given Foresight Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than M&G Credit Income Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
M&G Credit Income Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Foresight Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Foresight Group received 2 more outperform votes than M&G Credit Income Investment when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
M&G Credit Income InvestmentOutperform Votes
1
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Foresight GroupOutperform Votes
3
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Summary

Foresight Group beats M&G Credit Income Investment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MGCI vs. The Competition

MetricM&G Credit Income InvestmentAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£133.87M£883.99M£3.42B£1.59B
Dividend Yield9.07%13.26%4.49%10.99%
P/E Ratio1,055.56786.36412.891,747.90
Price / Sales8.7214,585.812,694.03231,381.08
Price / Cash31.9790.6450.6736.00
Price / Book0.991.221.392.89
Net Income£13.31M£59.60M£348.49M£144.83M
7 Day Performance-2.16%-0.61%-0.55%0.11%
1 Month Performance-3.26%-1.08%-0.56%-0.11%
1 Year Performance5.32%12.78%17.28%15.34%

M&G Credit Income Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGCI
M&G Credit Income Investment
N/AGBX 95
-1.0%
N/A+4.6%£133.87M£15.36M1,055.56N/A
FSG
Foresight Group
3.0186 of 5 stars
GBX 460
-1.1%
GBX 580
+26.1%
+21.2%£530.38M£141.33M2,090.91314Dividend Cut
Positive News
High Trading Volume
EOT
European Opportunities Trust
N/AGBX 827
+0.1%
N/A+7.3%£528.78M£111.39M731.86N/A
THRG
BlackRock Throgmorton Trust
N/AGBX 596
+0.8%
N/A+12.9%£526.98M£98.34M627.37N/ANews Coverage
PHI
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust
N/AGBX 575
+0.3%
N/A+10.6%£520.66M£42.42M1,916.6718,800News Coverage
CHRY
Chrysalis Investments
N/AGBX 86.70
+1.6%
N/A+51.4%£516.00MN/A-100.81N/A
NAS
North Atlantic Smaller Cos
N/AGBX 3,830
+0.8%
N/A+9.1%£508.62M£11.28M23,937.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
HONY
Pollen Street
N/AGBX 790
+0.5%
N/A+0.0%£507.26MN/A975.31N/ANews Coverage
JPGI
Jpmorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AN/AN/A+0.0%£472.52M£93.27M5.01N/AHigh Trading Volume
FSFL
Foresight Solar
N/AGBX 82.40
-0.7%
N/A-5.7%£468.14M£28.20M-4,120.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
POLR
Polar Capital
2.9549 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 542.50
+∞
+19.0%£464.11M£197.25M1,142.86135News Coverage

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This page (LON:MGCI) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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