CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) 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 media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends and earnings.

Is FSV or CTPE more profitable?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a net margin of 94.33% compared to CT Private Equity Trust's net margin of 59.97%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	94.33%	21.15%	0.33%
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FSV or CTPE?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity 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 Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£206.83M	6.32	£223.72M	£0.63	639.12
CT Private Equity Trust	£6.88M	48.65	£5.40M	£0.08	5,999.86

Is FSV or CTPE a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 15.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 359.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FSV or CTPE?

12.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, FSV or CTPE?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor FSV or CTPE?

In the previous week, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values had 1 more articles in the media than CT Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values and 0 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat CT Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Very Positive
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Summary

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values beats CT Private Equity Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.