Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) Competitors

Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) and HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FEML or HGT?

HgCapital Trust received 110 more outperform votes than Fidelity Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A
HgCapital Trust	Outperform Votes 110 62.15%	Underperform Votes 67 37.85%

Is FEML or HGT more profitable?

HgCapital Trust has a net margin of 90.06% compared to Fidelity Emerging Markets' net margin of 35.86%. HgCapital Trust's return on equity of 10.52% beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Emerging Markets	35.86%	1.83%	2.59%
HgCapital Trust	90.06%	10.52%	6.88%

Which has more risk & volatility, FEML or HGT?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FEML or HGT a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. 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. HgCapital Trust pays out 1,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FEML or HGT?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. HgCapital Trust 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
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£40.57M	15.50	£14.55M	£0.13	5,310.00
HgCapital Trust	£255.96M	9.25	£230.52M	£0.50	1,034.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FEML or HGT?

83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.7% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of HgCapital Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to FEML or HGT?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 0 mentions for Fidelity Emerging Markets. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral
HgCapital Trust	Very Positive

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Fidelity Emerging Markets on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.