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FS Investment (FSIC) Competitors

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FSIC vs. KB, NTRS, RF, SBAC, TPG, BBDO, CBOE, CINF, CFG, and AER

Should you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include KB Financial Group (KB), Northern Trust (NTRS), Regions Financial (RF), SBA Communications (SBAC), TPG (TPG), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), and AerCap (AER). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

FS Investment vs.

KB Financial Group (NYSE:KB) and FS Investment (NYSE:FSIC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

11.5% of KB Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of FS Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 69.0% of KB Financial Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of FS Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

FS Investment received 13 more outperform votes than KB Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.97% of users gave KB Financial Group an outperform vote while only 58.56% of users gave FS Investment an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
KB Financial GroupOutperform Votes
264
60.97%
Underperform Votes
169
39.03%
FS InvestmentOutperform Votes
277
58.56%
Underperform Votes
196
41.44%

KB Financial Group has a net margin of 12.33% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. FS Investment's return on equity of 9.57% beat KB Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
KB Financial Group12.33% 7.71% 0.62%
FS Investment -3.73%9.57%5.31%

KB Financial Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, KB Financial Group had 3 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for KB Financial Group and 0 mentions for FS Investment. KB Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that KB Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
KB Financial Group Positive
FS Investment Neutral

KB Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. KB Financial Group pays out 21.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FS Investment pays out 91.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
KB Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FS Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

KB Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than FS Investment. KB Financial Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
KB Financial Group$26.44B0.85$3.59B$8.586.67
FS Investment$419.31M13.52$181.98M$0.8328.57

Summary

KB Financial Group beats FS Investment on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FSIC vs. The Competition

MetricFS InvestmentInvestment Managers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.67BN/A$11.71B$20.29B
Dividend Yield14.18%N/A5.37%3.64%
P/E Ratio28.57N/A24.0834.92
Price / Sales13.52N/A26.4617.42
Price / Cash6.30N/A17.9120.26
Price / Book2.55N/A2.594.80
Net Income$181.98MN/A$1.03B$1.02B

FS Investment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FSIC
FS Investment
N/A$23.71
-0.2%
N/A+18.1%$5.67B$419.31M28.57N/A
KB
KB Financial Group
4.6841 of 5 stars
$57.17
+2.5%
N/A+17.4%$22.54B$26.44B6.67150Positive News
NTRS
Northern Trust
3.9242 of 5 stars
$112.87
+1.9%
$112.58
-0.3%
+41.2%$22.36B$16.06B11.5323,100Insider Trade
Positive News
RF
Regions Financial
4.8917 of 5 stars
$24.56
+1.0%
$27.67
+12.7%
+28.3%$22.33B$7.08B12.6620,101Positive News
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.6306 of 5 stars
$205.92
+0.3%
$252.29
+22.5%
+0.9%$22.20B$2.71B32.571,787Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
TPG
TPG
4.5786 of 5 stars
$60.26
+1.5%
$64.27
+6.7%
+31.1%$21.94B$2.39B-176.801,850
BBDO
Banco Bradesco
1.2434 of 5 stars
$2.02
+0.5%
N/A-22.9%$21.50B$39.41B7.7788,400
CBOE
Cboe Global Markets
3.0696 of 5 stars
$204.30
+1.0%
$206.86
+1.3%
N/A$21.39B$3.77B27.831,107Analyst Upgrade
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
4.9181 of 5 stars
$136.42
-0.4%
$151.00
+10.7%
+20.5%$21.31B$10.01B7.005,426Short Interest ↓
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.5383 of 5 stars
$46.80
+1.0%
$49.00
+4.7%
+44.4%$20.63B$12.36B15.4517,570News Coverage
Positive News
AER
AerCap
3.4898 of 5 stars
$103.37
+2.6%
$112.00
+8.4%
+29.4%$20.43B$7.58B8.18740Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:FSIC) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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