MTE vs. FCSS, LWDB, VEIL, ASL, EDIN, JMG, FSV, TFG, HRI, and GSS
Should you be buying Montanaro European Smaller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro European Smaller include Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Herald (HRI), and Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Montanaro European Smaller vs.
Fidelity China Special (LON:FCSS) and Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 92.90% compared to Fidelity China Special's net margin of -561.50%. Fidelity China Special's return on equity of 83.04% beat Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity.
Fidelity China Special received 66 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.86% of users gave Fidelity China Special an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.
Fidelity China Special pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Fidelity China Special pays out 3.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 3.6% 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 China Special is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Fidelity China Special and Fidelity China Special both had 1 articles in the media. Fidelity China Special's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of 0.67 indicating that Fidelity China Special is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Fidelity China Special shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fidelity China Special has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Montanaro European Smaller. Fidelity China Special is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro European Smaller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Fidelity China Special beats Montanaro European Smaller on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MTE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff