European Assets Trust (EAT) Competitors

Tetragon Financial (LON:TFG) and European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is TFG or EAT more profitable?

European Assets Trust has a net margin of 79.65% compared to Tetragon Financial's net margin of 57.23%. European Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat Tetragon Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tetragon Financial	57.23%	4.68%	3.14%
European Assets Trust	79.65%	7.51%	6.15%

Which has more risk & volatility, TFG or EAT?

Tetragon Financial has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TFG or EAT?

European Assets Trust received 86 more outperform votes than Tetragon Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Tetragon Financial an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave European Assets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tetragon Financial	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%
European Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 110 65.09%	Underperform Votes 59 34.91%

Does the media favor TFG or EAT?

In the previous week, Tetragon Financial had 1 more articles in the media than European Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tetragon Financial and 1 mentions for European Assets Trust. European Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Tetragon Financial's score of 0.55 indicating that European Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tetragon Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
European Assets 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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TFG or EAT?

3.2% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of European Assets Trust shares are held by company 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TFG or EAT?

Tetragon Financial has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. Tetragon Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Assets 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
Tetragon Financial	£22.12B	0.05	£12.66B	£1.56	9.01
European Assets Trust	£35.04M	7.96	£27.91M	£7.77	9.99

Is TFG or EAT a better dividend stock?

Tetragon Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 313.2%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Tetragon Financial pays out 2,822.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. European Assets Trust pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

European Assets Trust beats Tetragon Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.