Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, FSV or SJG?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FSV or SJG a better dividend stock?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 9.8% 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.

Is FSV or SJG more profitable?

Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 99.53% compared to Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' net margin of 94.33%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	94.33%	21.15%	0.33%
Schroder Japan Trust	99.53%	18.12%	7.69%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FSV or SJG?

64.8% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FSV or SJG?

In the previous week, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values and 1 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' score of 1.24 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Schroder Japan Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FSV or SJG?

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values, 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 Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values	£237.18M	5.23	£223.72M	£68.75	5.56
Schroder Japan Trust	£60.80M	5.38	£60.51M	£50.99	5.47

Summary

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values beats Schroder Japan Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.