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Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

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GBX 353 -4.00 (-1.12%)
(As of 11/15/2024 11:52 AM ET)

FEV vs. FCIT, HL, SDR, MNG, STJ, PCT, ATST, 3IN, JGGI, and BPT

Should you be buying Fidelity European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity European Trust include F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Schroders (SDR), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), and Bridgepoint Group (BPT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Fidelity European Trust vs.

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

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.32% compared to Fidelity European Trust's net margin of 90.56%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.95% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust90.56% 16.08% 10.56%
F&C Investment Trust 95.32%18.95%10.80%

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 1,379.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. F&C Investment Trust pays out 781.3% 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 received 49 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fidelity European TrustOutperform Votes
62
65.26%
Underperform Votes
33
34.74%
F&C Investment TrustOutperform Votes
13
61.90%
Underperform Votes
8
38.10%

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

F&C Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity European Trust. F&C Investment Trust 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity European Trust£263.57M5.47£238.69M£0.58608.62
F&C Investment Trust£1.02B5.30£976.90M£1.92575.00

In the previous week, F&C Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than Fidelity European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for F&C Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Fidelity European Trust. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Fidelity European Trust's score of 1.77 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
F&C Investment Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

F&C Investment Trust beats Fidelity European Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FEV vs. The Competition

MetricFidelity European TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.44B£979.01M£3.28B£1.65B
Dividend Yield2.11%5.62%4.45%6.87%
P/E Ratio608.62782.97417.471,784.26
Price / Sales5.473,233.333,471.57253,178.35
Price / Cash82.6360.7751.0227.62
Price / Book0.911.191.412.85
Net Income£238.69M£63.26M£381.16M£159.30M
7 Day Performance-0.56%-0.37%0.12%-0.63%
1 Month Performance-4.12%-0.81%0.23%3.41%
1 Year Performance2.02%11.45%16.18%126.74%

Fidelity European Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FEV
Fidelity European Trust
N/AGBX 353
-1.1%
N/A+3.1%£1.44B£263.57M608.62N/APositive News
FCIT
F&C Investment Trust
N/AGBX 1,099.71
+0.3%
N/A+22.4%£5.39B£1.02B572.76N/APositive News
HL
Hargreaves Lansdown
0.9101 of 5 stars
GBX 1,090
flat
N/A+44.7%£5.17B£764.90M1,758.061,850High Trading Volume
SDR
Schroders
1.8517 of 5 stars
GBX 305.40
+1.1%
N/A-21.9%£4.92B£2.93B1,272.506,438News Coverage
MNG
M&G
0.9269 of 5 stars
GBX 196.90
+1.4%
N/A-2.2%£4.69B£6.21B2,812.866,101
STJ
St. James's Place
0.7639 of 5 stars
GBX 846
+2.2%
N/A+17.9%£4.57B£26.80B-84,600.002,298News Coverage
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
N/AGBX 334.71
+0.4%
N/A-86.3%£3.98B£1.15B367.81120Positive News
ATST
Alliance Trust
N/AGBX 1,214
+0.3%
N/A+20.0%£3.42B£652.76M572.643Positive News
3IN
3i Infrastructure
N/AGBX 331.65
+0.5%
N/A-1.2%£3.06B£374M872.76N/ADividend Increase
Insider Buying
News Coverage
JGGI
JPMorgan Global Growth & Income
N/AGBX 591
+0.7%
N/A+20.8%£2.91B£345.48M679.31N/ADividend Announcement
Positive News
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
0.6774 of 5 stars
GBX 336.80
+1.6%
N/A+63.8%£2.77B£342.10M4,210.00391Gap Down

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This page (LON:FEV) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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