Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV) Competitors

Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) and BMO Global Smaller Companies (LON:BGSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FJV or BGSC?

Fidelity Japan Trust received 37 more outperform votes than BMO Global Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave Fidelity Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 68.18% of users gave BMO Global Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 52 72.22%	Underperform Votes 20 27.78%
BMO Global Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 15 68.18%	Underperform Votes 7 31.82%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FJV or BGSC?

Fidelity Japan Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BMO Global Smaller Companies. BMO Global Smaller Companies 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
Fidelity Japan Trust	£8.79M	22.35	£6.24M	£5.54	31.22
BMO Global Smaller Companies	£303.85M	0.00	N/A	£50.70	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FJV or BGSC?

78.6% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FJV or BGSC more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.01% compared to BMO Global Smaller Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.73% beat BMO Global Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.01%	2.73%	1.92%
BMO Global Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor FJV or BGSC?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 5 more articles in the media than BMO Global Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 0 mentions for BMO Global Smaller Companies. Fidelity Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BMO Global Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Japan Trust	Positive
BMO Global Smaller Companies	Neutral

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats BMO Global Smaller Companies on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.