FS Investment (FSIC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FSIC or NMR?

29.5% of FS Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Nomura shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of FS Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Nomura shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, FSIC or NMR?

FS Investment has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nomura has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FSIC or NMR?

In the previous week, Nomura had 3 more articles in the media than FS Investment. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Nomura and 0 mentions for FS Investment. Nomura's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat FS Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Nomura is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FS Investment	Neutral
Nomura	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSIC or NMR?

FS Investment received 40 more outperform votes than Nomura when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.56% of users gave FS Investment an outperform vote while only 53.86% of users gave Nomura an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FS Investment	Outperform Votes 277 58.56%	Underperform Votes 196 41.44%
Nomura	Outperform Votes 237 53.86%	Underperform Votes 203 46.14%

Do analysts rate FSIC or NMR?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FS Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Nomura	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FSIC or NMR more profitable?

Nomura has a net margin of 7.96% compared to FS Investment's net margin of -3.73%. FS Investment's return on equity of 9.57% beat Nomura's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FS Investment	-3.73%	9.57%	5.31%
Nomura	7.96%	9.19%	0.56%

Which has better valuation & earnings, FSIC or NMR?

Nomura has higher revenue and earnings than FS Investment. Nomura is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FS Investment, 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
FS Investment	$419.31M	12.18	$181.98M	$0.83	25.73
Nomura	$1.67T	0.01	$1.14B	$0.70	8.69

Is FSIC or NMR a better dividend stock?

FS Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Nomura pays an annual dividend of $0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Nomura pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nomura is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

FS Investment beats Nomura on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.