EAT vs. LWDB, JMG, ASL, IHP, EDIN, FSV, ASHM, GSS, BPCR, and HRI
Should you be buying European Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Assets Trust include Law Debenture (LWDB), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), IntegraFin (IHP), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), and Herald (HRI). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Law Debenture had 3 more articles in the media than European Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Law Debenture and 0 mentions for European Assets Trust. Law Debenture's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat European Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Law Debenture is being referred to more favorably in the media.
9.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Law Debenture pays out 29.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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.
Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. Law Debenture 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.
European Assets Trust has a net margin of 79.65% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 15.91% beat European Assets Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Law Debenture beats European Assets Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (LON:EAT) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
