EAT vs. LWDB, EDIN, AGT, ASHM, GSS, FCSS, CGT, FSV, JPE, and TRY
Should you be buying European Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Assets Trust include Law Debenture (LWDB), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), and TR Property Investment Trust (TRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
European Assets Trust vs.
Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) and European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. European Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Law Debenture, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Law Debenture and Law Debenture both had 1 articles in the media. European Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.67 indicating that European Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
European Assets Trust received 31 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave European Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote.
European Assets Trust has a net margin of 87.09% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat European Assets Trust's return on equity.
Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% 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 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Law Debenture and European Assets Trust tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EAT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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