Agronomics (ANIC) Competitors

Agronomics (LON:ANIC) and Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ANIC or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Agronomics. Agronomics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Japan 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
Agronomics	N/A	N/A	-£436.90K	-£0.02	-408.21
Fidelity Japan Trust	£9.26M	26.03	£6.24M	£0.07	3,063.58

Does the media prefer ANIC or FJV?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Agronomics. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 1 mentions for Agronomics. Fidelity Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Agronomics' score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Agronomics	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Fidelity Japan 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

Is ANIC or FJV more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.01% compared to Agronomics' net margin of -71.96%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.73% beat Agronomics' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agronomics	-71.96%	-0.27%	2.20%
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.01%	2.73%	1.92%

Do analysts recommend ANIC or FJV?

Agronomics presently has a consensus target price of GBX 16.70, indicating a potential upside of 139.94%. Given Agronomics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Agronomics is more favorable than Fidelity Japan Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agronomics	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fidelity Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ANIC or FJV?

7.9% of Agronomics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 16.7% of Agronomics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ANIC or FJV?

Agronomics has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Japan Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats Agronomics on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.