Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LTI) Competitors

Lindsell Train Investment Trust (LON:LTI) and Fidelity Emerging Markets (LON:FEML) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Is LTI or FEML a better dividend stock?

Lindsell Train Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5,150 per share and has a dividend yield of 643.8%. Fidelity Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Lindsell Train Investment Trust pays out 13,365.4% 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 Emerging Markets pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor LTI or FEML?

In the previous week, Lindsell Train Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Fidelity Emerging Markets'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Lindsell Train Investment Trust	Neutral
Fidelity Emerging Markets	Neutral

Is LTI or FEML more profitable?

Fidelity Emerging Markets has a net margin of 313.38% compared to Lindsell Train Investment Trust's net margin of 82.49%. Fidelity Emerging Markets' return on equity of 16.22% beat Lindsell Train Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lindsell Train Investment Trust	82.49%	3.89%	1.29%
Fidelity Emerging Markets	313.38%	16.22%	2.59%

Which has better valuation and earnings, LTI or FEML?

Lindsell Train Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Fidelity Emerging Markets. Fidelity Emerging Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsell Train Investment 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
Lindsell Train Investment Trust	£936.35M	0.17	£772.36M	£38.53	20.76
Fidelity Emerging Markets	£41.50M	17.21	£130.04M	£121.84	6.85

Do insiders and institutionals believe in LTI or FEML?

35.3% of Lindsell Train Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.5% of Lindsell Train Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Fidelity Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, LTI or FEML?

Lindsell Train Investment Trust has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fidelity Emerging Markets beats Lindsell Train Investment Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.