FEV vs. ICP, SDRC, MNG, STJ, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN
Should you be buying Fidelity European Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fidelity European Trust include Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), Schroders (SDRC), M&G (MNG), St. James's Place (STJ), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Fidelity European Trust vs. Its Competitors
Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fidelity European Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity of 20.09% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.
Intermediate Capital Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity European Trust. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity European Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Intermediate Capital Group beats Fidelity European Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:FEV) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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