EJF Investments (EJFI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EJFI or EAT?

30.7% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.0% of EJF Investments 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EJFI or EAT more profitable?

European Assets Trust has a net margin of 79.65% compared to EJF Investments' net margin of 73.72%. European Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat EJF Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EJF Investments	73.72%	5.40%	-3.05%
European Assets Trust	79.65%	7.51%	6.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EJFI or EAT?

European Assets Trust received 51 more outperform votes than EJF Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.09% of users gave European Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave EJF Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EJF Investments	Outperform Votes 59 54.13%	Underperform Votes 50 45.87%
European Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 110 65.09%	Underperform Votes 59 34.91%

Does the media prefer EJFI or EAT?

In the previous week, European Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat EJF Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that European Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EJF Investments	Neutral
European Assets Trust	Very Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EJFI or EAT?

European Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EJF Investments. European Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EJF Investments, 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
EJF Investments	£7.28M	10.32	£5.37M	£8.78	14.00
European Assets Trust	£35.04M	8.72	£27.91M	£7.77	10.94

Which has more risk & volatility, EJFI or EAT?

EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% 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.

Is EJFI or EAT a better dividend stock?

EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. EJF Investments pays out 125.3% 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 EJF Investments on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.