Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) and Rathbones Group (LON:RAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, FAS or RAT?

Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rathbones Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in FAS or RAT?

53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.0% of Rathbones Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 41.8% of Rathbones Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FAS or RAT a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Rathbones Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Fidelity Asian Values pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rathbones Group pays out 14,426.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FAS or RAT?

Rathbones Group received 244 more outperform votes than Fidelity Asian Values when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.52% of users gave Rathbones Group an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%
Rathbones Group	Outperform Votes 357 63.52%	Underperform Votes 205 36.48%

Does the media refer more to FAS or RAT?

In the previous week, Fidelity Asian Values had 1 more articles in the media than Rathbones Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values and 1 mentions for Rathbones Group. Rathbones Group's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Fidelity Asian Values' score of 1.15 indicating that Rathbones Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rathbones Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer FAS or RAT?

Rathbones Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,520, indicating a potential downside of 7.88%. Given Rathbones Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rathbones Group is more favorable than Fidelity Asian Values.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Asian Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Rathbones Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is FAS or RAT more profitable?

Rathbones Group has a net margin of 7.26% compared to Fidelity Asian Values' net margin of -97.04%. Rathbones Group's return on equity of 6.38% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Asian Values	-97.04%	-1.52%	0.25%
Rathbones Group	7.26%	6.38%	3.57%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FAS or RAT?

Rathbones Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Asian Values. Fidelity Asian Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rathbones Group, 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
Fidelity Asian Values	£5.99M	60.70	-£5.81M	-£0.08	-6,400.00
Rathbones Group	£871.80M	1.63	£63.30M	£0.61	2,704.92

Summary

Rathbones Group beats Fidelity Asian Values on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.