Foresight Solar (FSFL) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and Foresight Solar (LON:FSFL) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer FEV or FSFL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fidelity European Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is FEV or FSFL a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Foresight Solar pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. 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. Foresight Solar pays out 1,025.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, FEV or FSFL?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Solar has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer FEV or FSFL?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Foresight Solar. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Fidelity European Trust and 1 mentions for Foresight Solar. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Foresight Solar's score of 1.02 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foresight Solar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FEV or FSFL?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Solar. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Solar, 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	£45.31M	47.44	£208.32M	£0.09	4,399.37
Foresight Solar	£6.42M	67.15	£6.34M	£0.01	9,987.18

Is FEV or FSFL more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Foresight Solar's net margin of 44.44%. Fidelity European Trust's return on equity of 12.65% beat Foresight Solar's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
Foresight Solar	44.44%	0.94%	-0.79%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FEV or FSFL?

7.7% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Solar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats Foresight Solar on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.