Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (FCSS) Fair Value & Analysis
Financial Services · GB · Market cap 1.1B GBX
Fair value as of: Jul 20, 2026
From 11 valuation models · updated 20 days ago
Fair value updated Jul 20, 2026, revised from £4.30 to £4.34 (+0.9%) since Jun 26, 2026. Share price +3.3% over the past month.
A solid business, screening 73% undervalued on our models.
What matters now
- The price is below even our cautious bear case (£3.25). The market is more pessimistic than our downside scenario.
- Solid quality (56/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.
- For a financial, book-value and earnings-based methods matter more than a cash-flow DCF, which fits banks and insurers poorly.
Price vs Fair Value (5 years)
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 20, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range £1.47 – £3.40 · fair‑value band £3.25 – £5.42 · the £2.51 price screens below the £4.34 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Jul 20, 2026.
Analysis
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC (FCSS) currently trades at £2.51, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is £4.34, implying the stock looks roughly 72.9% undervalued today. The Quality Score stands at 56/100 (solid quality), in the Financial Services sector. Bull case: trading below our estimate, it may offer upside if the fundamentals hold. Bear case: a low price can be a value trap when quality is weak or the data is thin (evidence: high), always confirm before acting.
It earns a return on equity of 30.6%. The balance sheet holds a net cash position of £48.1M. The stock trades on a trailing P/E of 2.6. Fundamentals as of Jul 20, 2026
Our scenario range runs from £3.25 (bear case) to £5.42 (bull case); at £2.51, the current price sits below that range. Bear and bull are the same models run on conservative and optimistic assumptions (margins, growth, valuation multiples), so a plausible valuation range, not a price target. For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at -12% fair-value upside, at 73%, FCSS screens cheaper than that median.
Fair Value models
Each model estimates fair value its own way; the Fair Value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0–100) measures how completely this model’s inputs are available: well-fed models carry more weight in the blend. The spread across models is intentional, each one stresses a different value driver; dividend models, for instance, come out structurally low when payout is small.
All 11 models by family
Widest divergence: Earnings-Based (£11.05) versus Dividend Discount (£1.24). Highest evidence: Growth DCF (80).
Key figures & financial health
Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Jul 20, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.
Quality Score breakdown
Of which business quality 53 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 44
Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.
About the company
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC is a close-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by FIL Investment Services (UK) Limited. The fund is co-managed by FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited and FIL Investments International.
Full company description
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC is a close-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by FIL Investment Services (UK) Limited. The fund is co-managed by FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited and FIL Investments International. It invests in the public equity markets of China, which includes companies listed in China or Hong Kong and Chinese companies on other stock exchanges. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in growth stocks of companies. The fund also invests in derivative instruments. It conducts in-house research to make its investments. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the MSCI China Index. Fidelity China Special Situations PLC was formed on January 22, 2010 and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.
Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.
Revenue & earnings trend
FY2022 – FY2026 · reported fiscal years
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC reported revenue of £186M in FY2026 versus −£749M in FY2022. Reported net income was £144M in FY2026.
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Peer Group
Asset Management · 973 stocks
How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.
Valuation Multiples vs Asset Management median · lower = cheaper
Snowflake
Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.
Insider activity: 45/100
Values & ESG
Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.
ESG scores are not available for this stock yet. Values and ESG data are contextual and can differ between providers.
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How we calculate Fair Value
Each company is valued through a stack of independent intrinsic-value models (DCF variants, residual-income, multiples and more), blended into one family-balanced consensus and weighted by how much trustworthy data backs it. A separate quality layer scores the fundamentals. Every input is real reported data, nothing guessed.
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