Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in STJ or FEV?

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is STJ or FEV a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% 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.

Do analysts prefer STJ or FEV?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,408.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than Fidelity European Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Fidelity European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to STJ or FEV?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 11 more articles in the media than Fidelity European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for Fidelity European Trust. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.38 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	Neutral
Fidelity European Trust	Very Positive

Is STJ or FEV more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. Fidelity European Trust's return on equity of 12.65% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, STJ or FEV?

Fidelity European Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place 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
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.27	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-1,087.91
Fidelity European Trust	£221.98M	7.30	£208.32M	£50.45	7.82

Which has more risk and volatility, STJ or FEV?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats St. James's Place on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.