Fidelity China Special (FCSS) Competitors

Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and M&G (LON:MNG) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is FCSS or MNG a better dividend stock?

Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. M&G pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G pays out 285.2% 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 believe in FCSS or MNG?

Fidelity China Special received 65 more outperform votes than M&G when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote while only 47.71% of users gave M&G an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity China Special	Outperform Votes 117 66.86%	Underperform Votes 58 33.14%
M&G	Outperform Votes 52 47.71%	Underperform Votes 57 52.29%

Does the media refer more to FCSS or MNG?

In the previous week, M&G had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity China Special. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for M&G and 0 mentions for Fidelity China Special. M&G's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fidelity China Special's score of 0.00 indicating that M&G is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity China Special	Neutral
M&G	Positive

Is FCSS or MNG more profitable?

M&G has a net margin of 1.85% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat M&G's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A
M&G	1.85%	4.31%	0.40%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FCSS or MNG?

Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than M&G. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G, 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 China Special	-£177.57M	-6.22	£997.06M	£202.00	1.10
M&G	£9.02B	0.52	£166.98M	£7.01	27.91

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FCSS or MNG?

63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of M&G shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of M&G shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer FCSS or MNG?

M&G has a consensus price target of GBX 223.33, suggesting a potential upside of 14.09%. Given M&G's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe M&G is more favorable than Fidelity China Special.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity China Special	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
M&G	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

M&G beats Fidelity China Special on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.