Foresight Group (FSG) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Is FEV or FSG more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 32.24% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
Foresight Group	18.70%	32.24%	15.09%

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or FSG?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FEV or FSG?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Group. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, 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	£221.98M	7.22	£208.32M	£50.45	7.73
Foresight Group	£136.55M	3.02	£25.54M	£22.09	16.25

Do analysts prefer FEV or FSG?

Foresight Group has a consensus price target of GBX 580, indicating a potential upside of 61.56%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than Fidelity European Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FEV or FSG?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Foresight Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are owned 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 MarketBeat Community believe in FEV or FSG?

Fidelity European Trust received 59 more outperform votes than Foresight Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Foresight Group an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Foresight Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media prefer FEV or FSG?

In the previous week, Foresight Group had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Group and 0 mentions for Fidelity European Trust. Foresight Group's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Fidelity European Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Foresight Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	Neutral
Foresight Group	Neutral

Is FEV or FSG a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Group pays out 140.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Foresight Group beats Fidelity European Trust on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.