Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM) Competitors

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

Is FEV or UEM a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FEV or UEM?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Fidelity European Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Utilico Emerging Markets 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
Fidelity European Trust	£221.98M	7.52	£208.32M	£50.45	8.06
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£33.05M	13.90	£20.98M	£11.02	22.11

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FEV or UEM?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, FEV or UEM?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FEV or UEM?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust and Fidelity European Trust both had 1 articles in the media. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's score of 1.55 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European 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
Utilico Emerging Markets 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

Is FEV or UEM more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 63.48%. Fidelity European Trust's return on equity of 12.65% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	63.48%	4.12%	7.22%

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.