Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

Is ICP or FEV more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ICP or FEV?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.7% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ICP or FEV a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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 pays out 95.9% 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or FEV?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ICP or FEV?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
Fidelity European Trust	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ICP or FEV?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
Fidelity European Trust	£45.31M	48.00	£208.32M	£0.09	4,452.05

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group and Fidelity European Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.