Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Vietnam Enterprise (LON:VEIL) and Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VEIL or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values received 78 more outperform votes than Vietnam Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.64% of users gave Vietnam Enterprise an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vietnam Enterprise	Outperform Votes 35 63.64%	Underperform Votes 20 36.36%
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VEIL or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values has higher revenue and earnings than Vietnam Enterprise. Vietnam Enterprise is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Asian Values, 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
Vietnam Enterprise	£17.87M	76.71	-£4.24M	-£1.48	-404.58
Fidelity Asian Values	£22.46M	15.62	£11.42M	£16.38	30.78

Does the media favor VEIL or FAS?

In the previous week, Fidelity Asian Values had 2 more articles in the media than Vietnam Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values and 0 mentions for Vietnam Enterprise. Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Vietnam Enterprise's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Asian Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vietnam Enterprise	Neutral
Fidelity Asian Values	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of VEIL or FAS?

53.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Vietnam Enterprise shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, VEIL or FAS?

Vietnam Enterprise has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VEIL or FAS more profitable?

Fidelity Asian Values has a net margin of 50.86% compared to Vietnam Enterprise's net margin of -23.73%. Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity of 3.04% beat Vietnam Enterprise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vietnam Enterprise	-23.73%	-0.22%	-7.53%
Fidelity Asian Values	50.86%	3.04%	0.25%

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Vietnam Enterprise on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.