Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML) Competitors

Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Does the media prefer FEML or HICL?

In the previous week, HICL Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for HICL Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Fidelity Emerging Markets. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral
HICL Infrastructure	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FEML or HICL?

83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure 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.

Is FEML or HICL more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 93.30% compared to Fidelity Emerging Markets' net margin of 35.86%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 2.07% beat Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Emerging Markets	35.86%	1.83%	2.59%
HICL Infrastructure	93.30%	2.07%	1.30%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEML or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure received 166 more outperform votes than Fidelity Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity Emerging Markets	N/A	N/A
HICL Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 166 72.81%	Underperform Votes 62 27.19%

Is FEML or HICL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays out 11,538.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HICL Infrastructure pays out 8,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HICL Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, FEML or HICL?

HICL Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. HICL Infrastructure 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
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£40.57M	15.97	£14.55M	£0.13	5,471.54
HICL Infrastructure	£73.10M	34.16	£68.20M	£0.10	1,230.00

Do analysts rate FEML or HICL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
HICL Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FEML or HICL?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

HICL Infrastructure beats Fidelity Emerging Markets on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.