Personal Assets Trust (PNL) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer FEV or PNL?

In the previous week, Personal Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Personal Assets Trust and 1 mentions for Fidelity European Trust. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Personal Assets Trust's score of 1.53 indicating that Personal Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Personal Assets 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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FEV or PNL?

Personal Assets Trust received 46 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Personal Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%

Do analysts recommend FEV or PNL?

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)	N/A
Personal Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is FEV or PNL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Personal Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Personal Assets Trust pays out 12,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity European Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is FEV or PNL more profitable?

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

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	90.56%	16.08%	10.56%
Personal Assets Trust	N/A	1.17%	-0.50%

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or PNL?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets Trust has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FEV or PNL?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets Trust. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets Trust, 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	6.35	£238.69M	£0.58	706.03
Personal Assets Trust	-£3.02M	-561.24	£20.74M	£0.05	9,800.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FEV or PNL?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Personal Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Personal Assets Trust shares are owned by company 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.

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats Personal Assets Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.