Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

Fidelity Asian Values (LON:FAS) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) 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 profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FAS or N91?

Fidelity Asian Values received 111 more outperform votes than Ninety One Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.09% of users gave Fidelity Asian Values an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Ninety One Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Asian Values	Outperform Votes 113 62.09%	Underperform Votes 69 37.91%
Ninety One Group	Outperform Votes 2 13.33%	Underperform Votes 13 86.67%

Is FAS or N91 a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Fidelity Asian Values pays out 91.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ninety One Group pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FAS or N91?

53.4% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Fidelity Asian Values shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 58.3% of Ninety One Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FAS or N91 more profitable?

Fidelity Asian Values has a net margin of 50.86% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat Fidelity Asian Values' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Asian Values	50.86%	3.04%	0.25%
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%

Do analysts rate FAS or N91?

Ninety One Group has a consensus price target of GBX 173, indicating a potential upside of 11.18%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than Fidelity Asian Values.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Asian Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to FAS or N91?

In the previous week, Ninety One Group had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity Asian Values. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ninety One Group and 0 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values. Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ninety One Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	Neutral
Ninety One Group	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, FAS or N91?

Fidelity Asian Values has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FAS or N91?

Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Asian Values. Ninety One Group 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
Fidelity Asian Values	£22.46M	15.62	£11.42M	£16.38	30.78
Ninety One Group	£586.81M	2.35	£154.01M	£17.37	8.96

Summary

Ninety One Group beats Fidelity Asian Values on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.