Fidelity Japan Trust (FJV) Competitors

Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:JESC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FJV or JESC?

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FJV or JESC?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 5 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. Fidelity Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Japan Trust	Very Positive
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FJV or JESC?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust received 20 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 70.59% of users gave JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 52 72.22%	Underperform Votes 20 27.78%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 72 70.59%	Underperform Votes 30 29.41%

Is FJV or JESC more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.00% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.78% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.00%	2.78%	1.92%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, FJV or JESC?

Fidelity Japan Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies 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
Fidelity Japan Trust	£9.51M	21.24	£6.75M	£0.05	3,440.00
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.