Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY) Competitors

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (LON:MWY) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Is MWY or FGT a better dividend stock?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in MWY or FGT?

16.9% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.5% of Mid Wynd International Inv Tr shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is MWY or FGT more profitable?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a net margin of 95.06% compared to Finsbury Growth & Income's net margin of 89.28%. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's return on equity of 12.65% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	95.06%	12.65%	7.66%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MWY or FGT?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr received 47 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 68.31% of users gave Mid Wynd International Inv Tr an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Outperform Votes 125 68.31%	Underperform Votes 58 31.69%
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MWY or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. Mid Wynd International Inv Tr 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
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	£46.65M	7.74	£44.34M	£98.95	8.14
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	13.54	£90.54M	£60.89	15.16

Does the media prefer MWY or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 3 more articles in the media than Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for Mid Wynd International Inv Tr. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Mid Wynd International Inv Tr's score of 0.37 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Mid Wynd International Inv Tr	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MWY or FGT?

Mid Wynd International Inv Tr has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Mid Wynd International Inv Tr on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.