EEA vs. BKT, FUND, MQT, MVT, TSI, VTN, TDF, BKN, EMF, and NPV
Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) and The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlackRock Income Trust received 26 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.
BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BlackRock Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The European Equity Fund had 3 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The European Equity Fund and 2 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust. BlackRock Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat The European Equity Fund's score of 0.50 indicating that The European Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
The European Equity Fund beats BlackRock Income Trust on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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