AssetCo (ASTO) Competitors

AssetCo (LON:ASTO) and Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASTO or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust received 20 more outperform votes than AssetCo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AssetCo an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave Fidelity Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AssetCo	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%
Fidelity Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 52 72.22%	Underperform Votes 20 27.78%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ASTO or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AssetCo. AssetCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Japan Trust, 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
AssetCo	£14.78M	3.08	-£9.63M	-£0.07	-457.14
Fidelity Japan Trust	£9.51M	18.96	£6.75M	£0.05	3,070.00

Is ASTO or FJV more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.00% compared to AssetCo's net margin of -102.58%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.78% beat AssetCo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AssetCo	-102.58%	-16.26%	-5.01%
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.00%	2.78%	1.92%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ASTO or FJV?

44.6% of AssetCo shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.8% of AssetCo shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ASTO or FJV?

AssetCo has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Japan Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ASTO or FJV?

AssetCo currently has a consensus target price of GBX 40, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given AssetCo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AssetCo is more favorable than Fidelity Japan Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AssetCo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor ASTO or FJV?

In the previous week, AssetCo's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity Japan Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AssetCo	Neutral
Fidelity Japan Trust	Neutral

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats AssetCo on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.