Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Do analysts recommend ABDN or FEML?

abrdn presently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential upside of 11.35%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than Fidelity Emerging Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is ABDN or FEML a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. abrdn pays out 8,823.5% 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 Emerging Markets pays out 11,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ABDN or FEML?

38.2% of abrdn shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ABDN or FEML?

In the previous week, abrdn had 4 more articles in the media than Fidelity Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for abrdn and 0 mentions for Fidelity Emerging Markets. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	Positive
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABDN or FEML?

abrdn received 7 more outperform votes than Fidelity Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn	Outperform Votes 7 12.96%	Underperform Votes 47 87.04%
Fidelity Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, ABDN or FEML?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ABDN or FEML?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. abrdn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Emerging Markets, 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
abrdn	£1.41B	1.76	£317M	£0.17	818.82
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£40.57M	15.49	£14.55M	£0.13	5,307.69

Is ABDN or FEML more profitable?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a net margin of 35.86% compared to abrdn's net margin of 22.51%. abrdn's return on equity of 6.24% beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	22.51%	6.24%	0.68%
Fidelity Emerging Markets	35.86%	1.83%	2.59%

Summary

abrdn beats Fidelity Emerging Markets on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.