Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

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

Is BNKR or FAS more profitable?

The Bankers Investment Trust has a net margin of 91.13% compared to Fidelity Asian Values' net margin of -97.04%. The Bankers Investment Trust's return on equity of 10.27% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Bankers Investment Trust	91.13%	10.27%	6.13%
Fidelity Asian Values	-97.04%	-1.52%	0.25%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BNKR or FAS?

23.4% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of The Bankers Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BNKR or FAS a better dividend stock?

The Bankers Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. The Bankers Investment Trust pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity Asian Values pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Asian Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BNKR or FAS?

In the previous week, The Bankers Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity Asian Values. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Bankers Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values. Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat The Bankers Investment Trust's score of 0.84 indicating that Fidelity Asian Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
The Bankers Investment Trust	Positive
Fidelity Asian Values	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BNKR or FAS?

The Bankers Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Asian Values. Fidelity Asian Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Bankers Investment 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
The Bankers Investment Trust	£162.30M	8.18	£147.90M	£0.05	2,308.00
Fidelity Asian Values	£5.99M	59.16	-£5.81M	-£0.08	-6,237.50

Which has more risk and volatility, BNKR or FAS?

The Bankers Investment Trust has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BNKR or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values received 32 more outperform votes than The Bankers Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave The Bankers Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Bankers Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 81 70.43%	Underperform Votes 34 29.57%
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%

Summary

The Bankers Investment Trust beats Fidelity Asian Values on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.