Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or FCIT?

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

Is FEV or FCIT a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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 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.

Is FEV or FCIT more profitable?

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 Trust	90.56%	16.08%	10.56%
F&C Investment Trust	95.32%	18.95%	10.80%

Does the media favor FEV or FCIT?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than F&C Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 1 mentions for F&C Investment Trust. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat F&C Investment Trust's score of 1.55 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
F&C Investment 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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, FEV or FCIT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity European Trust	£263.57M	5.79	£238.69M	£0.58	643.97
F&C Investment Trust	£1.02B	5.66	£976.90M	£1.92	613.54

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FEV or FCIT?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
F&C Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 13 61.90%	Underperform Votes 8 38.10%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FEV or FCIT?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats F&C Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.