Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

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.

Is FCSS or MTE more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity China Special	-561.50%	83.04%	N/A
Montanaro European Smaller	92.90%	16.87%	2.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FCSS or MTE?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity China Special	Outperform Votes 117 66.86%	Underperform Votes 58 33.14%
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%

Is FCSS or MTE a better dividend stock?

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.

Does the media refer more to FCSS or MTE?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity China Special	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FCSS or MTE?

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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FCSS or MTE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity China Special	-£177.57M	-7.05	£997.06M	£202.00	1.25
Montanaro European Smaller	£57.06M	5.59	£53.01M	£27.52	6.10

Summary

Fidelity China Special beats Montanaro European Smaller on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.