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Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

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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.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fidelity China SpecialOutperform Votes
117
66.86%
Underperform Votes
58
33.14%
Montanaro European SmallerOutperform Votes
51
59.30%
Underperform Votes
35
40.70%

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.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fidelity China Special-£177.57M-7.05£997.06M£202.001.25
Montanaro European Smaller£57.06M5.59£53.01M£27.526.10

Summary

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

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MTE vs. The Competition

MetricMontanaro European SmallerAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£319.22M£1.20B£5.29B£2.63B
Dividend Yield0.75%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio6.1021.9212.82134.99
Price / Sales5.592,337.571,699.78224,419.26
Price / Cash334.0060.4649.6228.03
Price / Book1.021.151.353.80
Net Income£53.01M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance0.49%-0.18%0.00%0.38%
1 Month Performance9.78%17.04%10.40%21.44%
1 Year Performance16.14%2.49%13.63%129.76%

Montanaro European Smaller Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTE
Montanaro European Smaller
N/AGBX 167.82
-0.1%
N/A+16.7%£319.22M£57.06M6.10N/AHigh Trading Volume
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 254.50
+0.8%
N/A+7.2%£1.26B£-177,570,734.591.26N/APositive News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 948
-0.5%
N/A+6.4%£1.25B£203.87M8.82260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 546
-0.2%
N/A-8.6%£1.25B£17.87M-368.78N/A
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,490
+0.1%
N/A-3.0%£1.24B£226.05M4.90N/A
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 805
+0.4%
N/A+9.0%£1.16B£189.32M6.44N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 109.80
-0.2%
N/A+3.6%£1.16B£97.45M14.55N/APositive News
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 353.50
-0.1%
N/A+13.5%£1.15B£237.18M5.1425,000Positive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 13.95
-0.4%
N/AN/A£1.13B£22.12B8.95N/ANews Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,180
-0.2%
N/A-2.5%£1.10B£162.63M6.296,600
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down

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This page (LON:MTE) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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