Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) and Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Is FGT or FAS more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to Fidelity Asian Values' net margin of 50.86%. Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity of 6.50% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%
Fidelity Asian Values	50.86%	3.04%	0.25%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FGT or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values received 35 more outperform votes than Finsbury Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.27% of users gave Finsbury Growth & Income an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finsbury Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 78 70.27%	Underperform Votes 33 29.73%
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%

Which has better earnings and valuation, FGT or FAS?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Asian Values. Finsbury Growth & Income 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
Finsbury Growth & Income	£101.41M	12.81	£90.54M	£60.89	14.34
Fidelity Asian Values	£22.46M	14.75	£11.42M	£16.38	29.07

Is FGT or FAS a better dividend stock?

Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 31.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Asian Values pays out 91.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, FGT or FAS?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FGT or FAS?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income and Finsbury Growth & Income both had 1 articles in the media. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Fidelity Asian Values' score of 1.69 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Finsbury Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fidelity Asian Values	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 institutionals & insiders believe in FGT or FAS?

28.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats Fidelity Asian Values on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.