FEV vs. WTAN, PNL, RAT, MYI, PIN, QLT, HVPE, TEM, JTC, and JAM
Should you be buying Fidelity European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity European Trust include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Rathbones Group (RAT), Murray International (MYI), Pantheon International (PIN), Quilter (QLT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), JTC (JTC), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Witan Investment Trust. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Witan Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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. Witan Investment Trust pays out 2,142.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust and Fidelity European Trust both had 2 articles in the media. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.41 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 90.56% compared to Witan Investment Trust's net margin of 87.27%. Fidelity European Trust's return on equity of 16.08% beat Witan Investment Trust's return on equity.
Witan Investment Trust received 32 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidelity European Trust beats Witan Investment Trust on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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