Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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%

Is FEV or PNL more profitable?

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

Do analysts rate 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.

Which has higher valuation and 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	6.36	£238.69M	£0.58	706.90
Personal Assets Trust	-£3.02M	-561.24	£20.74M	£0.05	9,800.00

Does the media refer more to FEV or PNL?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Personal Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 0 mentions for Personal Assets Trust. Personal Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Fidelity European Trust's score of 1.53 indicating that Personal Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	Very Positive
Personal Assets Trust	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FEV or PNL?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Personal Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Personal Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats Personal Assets Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.