NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and NextEnergy Solar Fund (LON:NESF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.

Does the media prefer FEV or NESF?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than NextEnergy Solar Fund. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 1 mentions for NextEnergy Solar Fund. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
NextEnergy Solar Fund	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FEV or NESF?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NextEnergy Solar Fund. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NextEnergy Solar Fund, 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	£263.57M	5.83	£238.69M	£0.58	648.28
NextEnergy Solar Fund	-£22.75M	-16.85	-£40.40M	£0.08	811.25

Is FEV or NESF more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 90.56% compared to NextEnergy Solar Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity European Trust's return on equity of 16.08% beat NextEnergy Solar Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	90.56%	16.08%	10.56%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	N/A	-5.92%	-2.16%

Which has more volatility and risk, FEV or NESF?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextEnergy Solar Fund has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FEV or NESF?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.9% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of NextEnergy Solar Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEV or NESF?

NextEnergy Solar Fund received 28 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.69% of users gave NextEnergy Solar Fund 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%
NextEnergy Solar Fund	Outperform Votes 90 65.69%	Underperform Votes 47 34.31%

Is FEV or NESF a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 1,379.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NextEnergy Solar Fund pays out 10,000.0% 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

Fidelity European Trust beats NextEnergy Solar Fund on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.