Record (REC) Competitors

Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) and Record (LON:REC) 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 valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FSFL or REC?

59.0% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Record shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of Record shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FSFL or REC?

Record received 41 more outperform votes than Foresight Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.15% of users gave Record an outperform vote while only 66.82% of users gave Foresight Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Foresight Solar	Outperform Votes 141 66.82%	Underperform Votes 70 33.18%
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%

Is FSFL or REC more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat Foresight Solar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Foresight Solar	44.44%	0.94%	-0.79%
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%

Does the media refer more to FSFL or REC?

In the previous week, Record had 35 more articles in the media than Foresight Solar. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Record and 3 mentions for Foresight Solar. Foresight Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Record's score of 0.17 indicating that Foresight Solar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
Record	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FSFL or REC a better dividend stock?

Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. 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. Record pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, FSFL or REC?

Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FSFL or REC?

Record has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Solar. Record 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
Foresight Solar	£14.27M	29.93	£6.34M	£1.11	67.87
Record	£46.40M	2.21	£199.77M	£101.59	0.51

Do analysts rate FSFL or REC?

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

Summary

Record beats Foresight Solar on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.