Golden Prospect Precious Metal (GPM) Competitors

Fidelity Japan Trust (LON:FJV) and Golden Prospect Precious Metal (LON:GPM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FJV or GPM?

Fidelity Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Golden Prospect Precious Metal. Golden Prospect Precious Metal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Japan 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 Japan Trust	£8.79M	24.42	£6.24M	£5.54	34.11
Golden Prospect Precious Metal	-£1.19M	-46.26	-£1.53M	-£1.62	-36.15

Is FJV or GPM more profitable?

Golden Prospect Precious Metal has a net margin of 127.97% compared to Fidelity Japan Trust's net margin of 71.01%. Fidelity Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.73% beat Golden Prospect Precious Metal's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Japan Trust	71.01%	2.73%	1.92%
Golden Prospect Precious Metal	127.97%	-4.42%	N/A

Does the media prefer FJV or GPM?

In the previous week, Fidelity Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Golden Prospect Precious Metal. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity Japan Trust and 0 mentions for Golden Prospect Precious Metal. Golden Prospect Precious Metal's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Fidelity Japan Trust's score of 1.29 indicating that Golden Prospect Precious Metal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Japan Trust	Positive
Golden Prospect Precious Metal	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FJV or GPM?

78.6% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.0% of Golden Prospect Precious Metal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Golden Prospect Precious Metal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Fidelity Japan Trust beats Golden Prospect Precious Metal on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.