Fidelity China Special (FCSS) Competitors

Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FCSS or SDR?

Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Schroders. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroders, 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 China Special	£339.93M	4.58	£997.06M	£0.66	483.85
Schroders	£3.02B	1.93	£355.50M	£0.22	1,684.30

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FCSS or SDR?

7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.8% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 86.2% of Schroders shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FCSS or SDR more profitable?

Schroders has a net margin of 12.81% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Schroders' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A
Schroders	12.81%	8.65%	1.86%

Is FCSS or SDR a better dividend stock?

Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity China Special pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroders pays out 96.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts recommend FCSS or SDR?

Schroders has a consensus price target of GBX 387, suggesting a potential upside of 3.04%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Schroders is more favorable than Fidelity China Special.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity China Special	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Schroders	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17

Does the media refer more to FCSS or SDR?

In the previous week, Schroders had 6 more articles in the media than Fidelity China Special. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Schroders and 1 mentions for Fidelity China Special. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Schroders' score of 1.19 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity China Special	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Schroders	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Schroders beats Fidelity China Special on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.