Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV) Competitors

Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) and Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the media favor SLPE or FJV?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 5 more articles in the media than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 0 mentions for Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Fidelity Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Neutral
Fidelity Japan Trust	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SLPE or FJV?

Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 86 more outperform votes than Fidelity Japan Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.22% of users gave Fidelity Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 138 69.70%	Underperform Votes 60 30.30%
Fidelity Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 52 72.22%	Underperform Votes 20 27.78%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, SLPE or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Japan 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
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£251.60M	3.36	N/A	£155.20	3.54
Fidelity Japan Trust	£9.51M	20.81	£6.75M	£0.05	3,370.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SLPE or FJV?

78.6% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SLPE or FJV more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.00% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.78% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.00%	2.78%	1.92%

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.