Davy Select vs Fidelity International compared

Davy Select
Fidelity International

Davy Select

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Trading platform combined score1.2/5.0
  • Fees score1.1/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score2.3/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 1.64/5
You can't open an account at Davy Select

Fidelity International

Key score differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Trading platform combined score4.1/5.0
  • Fees score3.0/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.8/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.43/5
You can't open an account at Fidelity International
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
3.0

Recommended for Investors focusing on Irish and UK markets

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors focusing on the UK market

Country of origin

Ireland

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
1.1
Fees score
3.0
Fees summary

High trading fees

Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score
2.3
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
Number of base currencies

3

Number of base currencies

1

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
2.5
Account opening score
3.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit

$495

Minimum deposit
*

$1360

*
Time to open account

>3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / driver's license / credit card statement

Required documents
*

Proof of identity: passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

*

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.2
Web platform score
3.7
Mobile platform score
-
Mobile platform score
4.2
Desktop platform score
-
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
3.1
Markets and products score
1.9
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
Crypto
CFDs
CFDs

Research, education

Research score
3.5
Research score
4.0
Charting quality

Poor

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
3.5
Education score
2.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
3.9
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€20,000

Investor protection amount

£85,000

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

1926

Foundation date

1980

Country of regulation

Ireland

Country of regulation

UK

Davy Select

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Fidelity International

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

Davy Select's service is weaker than Fidelity International's and a comparison of their fees shows that Davy Select's fees are higher than Fidelity International's.

Account opening takes somewhat more effort at Davy Select compared to Fidelity International, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at Davy Select, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Fidelity International's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Davy Select as much less user-friendly than the platform of Fidelity International, found that clients have access to more markets and products with Davy Select, while Fidelity International provides somewhat better research and education.

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