Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) and Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Is MVCT or FAS more profitable?

Molten Ventures VCT has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Fidelity Asian Values' net margin of -97.04%. Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity of -1.52% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Molten Ventures VCT	N/A	-2.23%	-1.38%
Fidelity Asian Values	-97.04%	-1.52%	0.25%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in MVCT or FAS?

0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MVCT or FAS?

Molten Ventures VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Fidelity Asian Values. Fidelity Asian Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molten Ventures VCT, 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
Molten Ventures VCT	-£4.92M	-19.01	-£2.46M	-£0.01	-3,850.00
Fidelity Asian Values	£5.99M	59.76	-£5.81M	-£0.08	-6,300.00

Does the media refer more to MVCT or FAS?

In the previous week, Molten Ventures VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity Asian Values'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Molten Ventures VCT	Neutral
Fidelity Asian Values	Neutral

Is MVCT or FAS a better dividend stock?

Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Asian Values pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Molten Ventures VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MVCT or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values received 112 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Molten Ventures VCT an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Molten Ventures VCT	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, MVCT or FAS?

Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its share price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Molten Ventures VCT on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.