Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF) Competitors

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON:GSF) and Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the media prefer GSF or FCSS?

In the previous week, Fidelity China Special had 1 more articles in the media than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Fidelity China Special and 0 mentions for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's score of 0.00 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	Neutral
Fidelity China Special	Very Positive

Is GSF or FCSS more profitable?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a net margin of -80.72% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	-80.72%	-1.04%	-0.64%
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GSF or FCSS?

Fidelity China Special received 111 more outperform votes than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote while only 13.33% of users gave Gore Street Energy Storage Fund an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	Outperform Votes 6 13.33%	Underperform Votes 39 86.67%
Fidelity China Special	Outperform Votes 117 66.86%	Underperform Votes 58 33.14%

Is GSF or FCSS a better dividend stock?

Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.3%. Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays out -691.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% 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. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GSF or FCSS?

31.7% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, GSF or FCSS?

Fidelity China Special has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity China Special, 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
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund	£7.38M	45.27	-£5.96M	-£1.16	-56.00
Fidelity China Special	-£177.57M	-7.05	£997.06M	£202.00	1.25

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Gore Street Energy Storage Fund on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.