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Fidelity China Special (FCSS) Competitors

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GBX 269.39 -10.11 (-3.62%)
As of 03/28/2025 12:41 PM Eastern

FCSS vs. FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, PHLL, ABDN, EMG, BUR, and 3IN

Should you be buying Fidelity China Special stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity China Special include F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Petershill Partners (PHLL), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), Burford Capital (BUR), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Fidelity China Special vs.

F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned 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.

Fidelity China Special received 104 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
F&C Investment TrustOutperform Votes
13
61.90%
Underperform Votes
8
38.10%
Fidelity China SpecialOutperform Votes
117
66.86%
Underperform Votes
58
33.14%

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat F&C Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
F&C Investment Trust95.33% 18.50% 10.80%
Fidelity China Special -561.50%83.04%N/A

In the previous week, F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity China Special'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
F&C Investment Trust Neutral
Fidelity China Special Neutral

F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. F&C Investment Trust pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fidelity China Special is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings than F&C Investment Trust. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F&C Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
F&C Investment Trust£981.19M5.36£935.32M£192.965.64
Fidelity China Special-£177.57M-7.52£997.06M£202.001.33

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats F&C Investment Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FCSS vs. The Competition

MetricFidelity China SpecialAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.33B£1.08B£4.17B£2.60B
Dividend Yield2.64%4.42%4.19%4.82%
P/E Ratio1.3326.9215.98141.07
Price / Sales-7.522,254.951,692.95282,128.95
Price / CashN/A60.8148.9727.97
Price / Book1.091.113.354.61
Net Income£997.06M£259.01M£1.28B£5.79B
7 Day Performance-2.22%-0.42%-0.13%1.39%
1 Month Performance3.02%-2.34%6.15%7.30%
1 Year Performance34.02%3.84%9.72%112.11%

Fidelity China Special Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 269.39
-3.6%
N/A+34.3%£1.33B£-177,570,734.591.33N/A
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,116
+0.4%
N/A+9.3%£5.39B£981.19M5.78N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.9155 of 5 stars
GBX 1,108.50
flat
GBX 1,104
-0.4%
+50.2%£5.26B£764.90M1,787.901,850High Trading Volume
MNG
M&G
0.2957 of 5 stars
GBX 219.80
+0.9%
GBX 223.75
+1.8%
-7.7%£5.24B£9.02B31.346,101High Trading Volume
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 318.50
+0.5%
N/A-90.1%£3.75B£1.24B3.13120High Trading Volume
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.58B£652.76M600.003
PHLL
Petershill Partners
N/AGBX 246.50
+0.6%
GBX 245.33
-0.5%
+27.9%£3.35B£706.00M10.00N/AHigh Trading Volume
ABDN
abrdn
1.0967 of 5 stars
GBX 169.90
-0.4%
GBX 163.50
-3.8%
+13.3%£3.04B£1.49B9.664,719Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EMG
Man Group
3.3089 of 5 stars
GBX 210.40
+0.8%
GBX 281.67
+33.9%
-22.1%£3.04B£1.69B9.931,790News Coverage
High Trading Volume
BUR
Burford Capital
2.8648 of 5 stars
GBX 1,072
-0.3%
GBX 1,600
+49.3%
-15.4%£2.95B£299.55M19.18140News Coverage
High Trading Volume
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 313.50
+0.5%
N/A-2.9%£2.89B£374M825.00N/ADividend Increase
Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:FCSS) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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