FCSS vs. CGT, EDIN, LWDB, AGT, N91, BRWM, IEM, VEIL, JMG, and TRY
Should you be buying Fidelity China Special stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity China Special include Capital Gearing (CGT), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Law Debenture (LWDB), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Ninety One Group (N91), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), and TR Property (TRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Capital Gearing (LON:CGT) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Capital Gearing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Fidelity China Special's score of -0.45 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capital Gearing's return on equity of 0.00% beat Fidelity China Special's return on equity.
Capital Gearing pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Capital Gearing pays out -2,898.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special 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.
21.7% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Capital Gearing shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Fidelity China Special has higher revenue and earnings than Capital Gearing. Capital Gearing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity China Special, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capital Gearing received 4 more outperform votes than Fidelity China Special when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.56% of users gave Capital Gearing an outperform vote while only 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote.
Summary
Fidelity China Special beats Capital Gearing on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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