Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV) Competitors

Cranswick (LON:CWK) and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) are both real estate companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CWK or FSV?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cranswick. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cranswick, 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
Cranswick	£2.72B	0.96	£113.74M	£2.46	1,982.93
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£206.83M	6.33	£223.72M	£0.63	639.91

Which has more volatility & risk, CWK or FSV?

Cranswick has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CWK or FSV?

Cranswick currently has a consensus target price of GBX 5,370, suggesting a potential upside of 10.04%. Given Cranswick's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cranswick is more favorable than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cranswick	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CWK or FSV more profitable?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a net margin of 94.33% compared to Cranswick's net margin of 4.35%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat Cranswick's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cranswick	4.35%	12.64%	8.26%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	94.33%	21.15%	0.33%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CWK or FSV?

71.2% of Cranswick shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Cranswick shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to CWK or FSV?

In the previous week, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values had 1 more articles in the media than Cranswick. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values and 0 mentions for Cranswick. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Cranswick's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cranswick	Neutral
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	Very Positive

Is CWK or FSV a better dividend stock?

Cranswick pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Cranswick pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 15.1% 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. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values beats Cranswick on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.