AssetCo (ASTO) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ASTO or FJV?

44.6% of AssetCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.9% of AssetCo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ASTO or FJV more profitable?

Fidelity Japan Trust has a net margin of 71.00% compared to AssetCo's net margin of -102.58%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.78% beat AssetCo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AssetCo	-102.58%	-16.26%	-5.01%
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.00%	2.78%	1.92%

Do analysts prefer ASTO or FJV?

AssetCo currently has a consensus price target of GBX 40, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given AssetCo's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AssetCo is more favorable than Fidelity Japan Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AssetCo	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASTO or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust received 20 more outperform votes than AssetCo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave AssetCo an outperform vote while only 72.22% of users gave Fidelity Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AssetCo	Outperform Votes 32 72.73%	Underperform Votes 12 27.27%
Fidelity Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 52 72.22%	Underperform Votes 20 27.78%

Which has more volatility & risk, ASTO or FJV?

AssetCo has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Japan Trust has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ASTO or FJV?

Fidelity Japan Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AssetCo. AssetCo 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
AssetCo	£14.78M	3.28	-£9.63M	-£0.07	-485.71
Fidelity Japan Trust	£9.51M	20.49	£6.75M	£0.05	3,300.00

Does the media favor ASTO or FJV?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 3 more articles in the media than AssetCo. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 1 mentions for AssetCo. Fidelity Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat AssetCo's 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
AssetCo	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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats AssetCo on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.