Fidelity Asian Values (FAS) Competitors

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

Is FAS or SNN more profitable?

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

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

Does the media favor FAS or SNN?

In the previous week, Fidelity Asian Values had 4 more articles in the media than Sanne Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Fidelity Asian Values and 0 mentions for Sanne Group. Fidelity Asian Values' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Sanne Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Asian Values is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Asian Values	Positive
Sanne Group	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FAS or SNN?

Fidelity Asian Values has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sanne Group. Sanne 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	£36.28M	10.62	£11.42M	£46.16	12.94
Sanne Group	£194.16M	0.00	N/A	-£4.50	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FAS or SNN?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FAS or SNN a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Asian Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Sanne Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share. Fidelity Asian Values pays out 0.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sanne Group pays out -2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Fidelity Asian Values beats Sanne Group on 10 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.