European Assets Trust (EAT) Competitors

European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) and Finsbury Growth & Income (LON:FGT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, EAT or FGT?

European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Finsbury Growth & Income has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EAT or FGT a better dividend stock?

European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Finsbury Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. European Assets Trust pays out 158.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Finsbury Growth & Income pays out 79.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, EAT or FGT?

Finsbury Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. European Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Finsbury Growth & Income, 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
European Assets Trust	£15.22M	22.09	£27.91M	£0.04	2,510.75
Finsbury Growth & Income	£40.93M	30.12	£90.54M	£0.25	3,560.97

Does the media favor EAT or FGT?

In the previous week, Finsbury Growth & Income had 5 more articles in the media than European Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Finsbury Growth & Income and 0 mentions for European Assets Trust. Finsbury Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat European Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Finsbury Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
European Assets Trust	Neutral
Finsbury Growth & Income	Very Positive

Is EAT or FGT more profitable?

Finsbury Growth & Income has a net margin of 89.28% compared to European Assets Trust's net margin of 79.65%. European Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat Finsbury Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
European Assets Trust	79.65%	7.51%	6.15%
Finsbury Growth & Income	89.28%	6.50%	4.42%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in EAT or FGT?

8.3% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.3% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Finsbury Growth & Income shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Finsbury Growth & Income beats European Assets Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.