Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) and Henderson Far East Income (LON:HFEL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values received 19 more outperform votes than Henderson Far East Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.61% of users gave Henderson Far East Income an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%
Henderson Far East Income	Outperform Votes 94 68.61%	Underperform Votes 43 31.39%

Do analysts prefer FAS or HFEL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Asian Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Henderson Far East Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Far East Income has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FAS or HFEL more profitable?

Fidelity Asian Values has a net margin of 81.60% compared to Henderson Far East Income's net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity of 10.40% beat Henderson Far East Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Asian Values	81.60%	10.40%	7.23%
Henderson Far East Income	N/A	-14.10%	-7.52%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FAS or HFEL?

53.0% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.7% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Henderson Far East Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor FAS or HFEL?

In the previous week, Henderson Far East Income had 4 more articles in the media than Fidelity Asian Values. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Henderson Far East Income and 0 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values. Henderson Far East Income's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Fidelity Asian Values' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Far East Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	Neutral
Henderson Far East Income	Positive

Is FAS or HFEL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Henderson Far East Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Fidelity Asian Values pays out 2,727.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Henderson Far East Income pays out -6,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Far East Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, FAS or HFEL?

Fidelity Asian Values has higher revenue and earnings than Henderson Far East Income. Henderson Far East Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Asian Values, 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 Asian Values	£48.58M	7.65	£39.64M	£0.55	941.82
Henderson Far East Income	-£47.18M	-7.87	-£56.24M	-£0.35	-653.86

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Henderson Far East Income on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.