Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FEV or HL?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer FEV or HL?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 1 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Hargreaves Lansdown's score of 0.20 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is FEV or HL more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Hargreaves Lansdown's net margin of 82.61%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%

Is FEV or HL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate FEV or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a consensus target price of GBX 1,104, suggesting a potential downside of 0.41%. Given Hargreaves Lansdown's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hargreaves Lansdown is more favorable than Fidelity European Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Hargreaves Lansdown	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or HL?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEV or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown received 345 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote while only 47.88% of users gave Hargreaves Lansdown an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Hargreaves Lansdown	Outperform Votes 407 47.88%	Underperform Votes 443 52.12%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FEV or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity European Trust. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hargreaves Lansdown, 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 European Trust	£221.98M	6.88	£208.32M	£50.45	7.37
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	6.87	£293.20M	£0.62	1,787.90

Summary

Hargreaves Lansdown beats Fidelity European Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.