ProVen Growth & Income VCT (PGOO) Competitors

Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) and ProVen Growth & Income VCT (LON:PGOO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Is FEML or PGOO a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays out 11,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ProVen Growth & Income VCT pays out 7,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ProVen Growth & Income VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FEML or PGOO?

ProVen Growth & Income VCT received 78 more outperform votes than Fidelity Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	Outperform Votes 78 65.00%	Underperform Votes 42 35.00%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FEML or PGOO?

83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ProVen Growth & Income VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, FEML or PGOO?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen Growth & Income VCT. ProVen Growth & Income VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Emerging Markets, 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 Emerging Markets	£40.57M	15.14	£14.55M	£0.13	5,187.69
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	£14.67M	10.88	£10.73M	£0.04	1,271.25

Do analysts rate FEML or PGOO?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to FEML or PGOO?

In the previous week, Fidelity Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ProVen Growth & Income VCT'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, FEML or PGOO?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FEML or PGOO more profitable?

ProVen Growth & Income VCT has a net margin of 73.18% compared to Fidelity Emerging Markets' net margin of 35.86%. ProVen Growth & Income VCT's return on equity of 6.57% beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Emerging Markets	35.86%	1.83%	2.59%
ProVen Growth & Income VCT	73.18%	6.57%	4.08%

Summary

Fidelity Emerging Markets and ProVen Growth & Income VCT tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.