FEV vs. ICP, SDRC, SDR, STJ, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, and PHLL
Should you be buying Fidelity European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity European Trust include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), St. James's Place (STJ), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and Petershill Partners (PHLL). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Fidelity European Trust vs.
Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity European Trust. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity European Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 1 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% 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 European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity European Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Intermediate Capital Group received 336 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote.
70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Fidelity European Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FEV) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
