Notice: This company has been marked as potentially delisted and may not be actively trading. FS Investment (FSIC) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisCompetitorsTrends FSIC vs. PFG, ESS, ERIE, ARE, AER, KEY, CG, RYAN, MAA, and LShould you be buying FS Investment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FS Investment include Principal Financial Group (PFG), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), AerCap (AER), KeyCorp (KEY), The Carlyle Group (CG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Loews (L). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector. FS Investment vs. Principal Financial Group Essex Property Trust Erie Indemnity Alexandria Real Estate Equities AerCap KeyCorp The Carlyle Group Ryan Specialty Mid-America Apartment Communities Loews Principal Financial Group (NYSE:PFG) and FS Investment (NYSE:FSIC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability. Is PFG or FSIC more profitable? Principal Financial Group has a net margin of -1.47% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. Principal Financial Group's return on equity of 14.67% beat FS Investment's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Principal Financial Group-1.47% 14.67% 0.52% FS Investment -3.73%9.57%5.31% Is PFG or FSIC a better dividend stock? Principal Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $2.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Principal Financial Group pays out -320.0% 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. Principal Financial Group has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Do analysts rate PFG or FSIC? Principal Financial Group currently has a consensus target price of $85.58, indicating a potential downside of 1.22%. Given Principal Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Principal Financial Group is more favorable than FS Investment.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Principal Financial Group 2 Sell rating(s) 9 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00FS Investment 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Which has more risk and volatility, PFG or FSIC? Principal Financial Group has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more 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. Does the media favor PFG or FSIC? In the previous week, Principal Financial Group had 10 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Principal Financial Group and 0 mentions for FS Investment. Principal Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Principal Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Principal Financial Group Positive FS Investment Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PFG or FSIC? FS Investment received 276 more outperform votes than Principal Financial Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.56% of users gave FS Investment an outperform vote while only 2.50% of users gave Principal Financial Group an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPrincipal Financial GroupOutperform Votes12.50%Underperform Votes3997.50% FS InvestmentOutperform Votes27758.56% Underperform Votes19641.44% Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PFG or FSIC? 75.1% of Principal Financial Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of FS Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Principal 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has better valuation and earnings, PFG or FSIC? Principal Financial Group has higher revenue and earnings than FS Investment. Principal 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 RatioPrincipal Financial Group$13.67B1.45$623.20M-$0.90-96.27FS Investment$419.31M11.98$181.98M$0.8325.31 SummaryPrincipal Financial Group beats FS Investment on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart FSIC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricFS InvestmentInvestment Managers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.02BN/A$10.56B$19.95BDividend Yield14.18%N/A6.48%3.50%P/E Ratio25.31N/A48.5842.92Price / Sales11.98N/A3,453.3118.19Price / Cash6.30N/A30.5721.68Price / Book2.26N/A3.604.66Net Income$181.98MN/A$987.27M$982.08M FS Investment Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)FSICFS InvestmentN/A$21.15+0.7%N/A+6.4%$5.06B$419.31M25.48N/APFGPrincipal Financial Group3.4099 of 5 stars$87.21+2.1%N/A+25.1%$19.95B$13.67B-96.9019,800Positive NewsESSEssex Property Trust4.6478 of 5 stars$304.14-0.2%N/A+49.4%$19.55B$1.67B35.531,750Positive NewsERIEErie Indemnity3.7116 of 5 stars$421.96-1.3%N/A+44.5%$19.49B$3.27B39.476,556Short Interest ↑AREAlexandria Real Estate Equities4.8274 of 5 stars$111.36-2.4%N/A+15.6%$19.46B$2.89B67.90590Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionAERAerCap3.9191 of 5 stars$97.63+0.1%N/A+39.7%$19.30B$7.58B7.74740Short Interest ↓Positive NewsKEYKeyCorp4.6831 of 5 stars$19.25+1.5%N/A+75.5%$19.08B$5.09B1,925.0017,333Short Interest ↑Analyst RevisionCGThe Carlyle Group4.6824 of 5 stars$53.30+1.9%N/A+71.1%$19.00B$2.96B183.792,200Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓High Trading VolumeRYANRyan Specialty3.6049 of 5 stars$71.77+0.5%N/A+60.7%$18.79B$2.39B93.214,350Insider SellingMAAMid-America Apartment Communities4.3986 of 5 stars$160.02+0.6%N/A+34.9%$18.70B$2.15B36.122,427LLoews4.5702 of 5 stars$83.21+0.1%N/A+26.1%$18.12B$15.90B11.0512,280Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst UpgradeInsider Selling Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Principal Financial Group Competitors Essex Property Trust Competitors Erie Indemnity Competitors Alexandria Real Estate Equities Competitors AerCap Competitors KeyCorp Competitors The Carlyle Group Competitors Ryan Specialty Competitors Mid-America Apartment Communities Competitors Loews Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:FSIC) was last updated on 11/14/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersBlackrock’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeIt's a groundbreaking opportunity that could be poised for extraordinary gains. 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