Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) Competitors

HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT) and Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HGT or FEML?

HgCapital Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. HgCapital Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Emerging Markets, 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
HgCapital Trust	£247.62M	8.91	£284.58M	£0.52	934.47
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£92.95M	6.32	£130.04M	£0.96	957.29

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in HGT or FEML?

18.1% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of HgCapital Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HGT or FEML more profitable?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a net margin of 313.38% compared to HgCapital Trust's net margin of 91.03%. Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity of 16.22% beat HgCapital Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HgCapital Trust	91.03%	11.93%	6.88%
Fidelity Emerging Markets	313.38%	16.22%	2.59%

Is HGT or FEML a better dividend stock?

HgCapital Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. HgCapital Trust pays out 12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays out 20.9% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, HGT or FEML?

HgCapital Trust has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer HGT or FEML?

In the previous week, HgCapital Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HgCapital Trust and 1 mentions for Fidelity Emerging Markets. HgCapital Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that HgCapital Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HgCapital Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Fidelity Emerging Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

HgCapital Trust beats Fidelity Emerging Markets on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.