FEV vs. FCIT, HL, SDR, STJ, MNG, PCT, ATST, BPT, JGGI, and 3IN
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), St. James's Place (STJ), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Fidelity European Trust vs.
F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) and Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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 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 has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 2 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 0 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat F&C Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Fidelity European Trust beats F&C Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:FEV) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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