Fidelity European Trust (FEV) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FEV or ICP?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FEV or ICP a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FEV or ICP?

Intermediate Capital Group received 336 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FEV or ICP?

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
Fidelity European Trust	£221.98M	7.45	£208.32M	£50.45	7.98
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or ICP?

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

Is FEV or ICP 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
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%

Does the media prefer FEV or ICP?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 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 -0.95 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Intermediate Capital Group beats Fidelity European Trust on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.