3i Group (III) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and 3i Group (LON:III) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Is FGT or III a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 3i Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 3i Group pays out 1,217.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FGT or III?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of 3i Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of 3i Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FGT or III?

3i Group has higher revenue and earnings than Finsbury Growth & Income. 3i Group 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£143.78M	10.89	£128.86M	£0.61	1,400.00
3i Group	£4.68B	6.15	£4.49B	£4.60	643.04

Does the media favor FGT or III?

In the previous week, 3i Group had 2 more articles in the media than Finsbury Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for 3i Group and 2 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat 3i Group's score of 1.05 indicating that 3i Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
3i Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, FGT or III?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 3i Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer FGT or III?

3i Group has a consensus price target of GBX 2,800, indicating a potential downside of 5.34%. Given Finsbury Growth & Income's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 3i Group is more favorable than Finsbury Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finsbury Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
3i Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FGT or III?

3i Group received 342 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave 3i Group an outperform vote while only 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
3i Group	Outperform Votes 420 70.59%	Underperform Votes 175 29.41%

Is FGT or III more profitable?

3i Group has a net margin of 95.86% compared to 3i Group's net margin of 89.62%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 27.62% beat 3i Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.62%	7.05%	4.42%
3i Group	95.86%	27.62%	16.09%

Summary

3i Group beats Finsbury Growth & Income on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.