Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Brewin Dolphin (LON:BRW) and Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BRW or FAS?

8.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BRW or FAS?

Fidelity Asian Values has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Brewin Dolphin. Brewin Dolphin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Asian Values, 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
Brewin Dolphin	£415.46M	0.00	N/A	£0.17	N/A
Fidelity Asian Values	£36.28M	10.70	£11.42M	£0.46	1,276.39

Does the media refer more to BRW or FAS?

In the previous week, Fidelity Asian Values had 1 more articles in the media than Brewin Dolphin. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values and 0 mentions for Brewin Dolphin. Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Brewin Dolphin's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Asian Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brewin Dolphin	Neutral
Fidelity Asian Values	Positive

Is BRW or FAS a better dividend stock?

Brewin Dolphin pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Brewin Dolphin pays out 92.4% 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 Asian Values pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Asian Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BRW or FAS more profitable?

Fidelity Asian Values has a net margin of 50.86% compared to Brewin Dolphin's net margin of 0.00%. Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity of 3.04% beat Brewin Dolphin's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brewin Dolphin	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fidelity Asian Values	50.86%	3.04%	0.25%

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Brewin Dolphin on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.