EOT vs. QLT, CTY, JAM, HVPE, CLDN, TRIG, MRC, TEM, AJB, and WWH
Should you be buying European Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Opportunities Trust include Quilter (QLT), City of London (CTY), JPMorgan American (JAM), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), AJ Bell (AJB), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
European Opportunities Trust vs.
European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
43.5% of European Opportunities Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.7% of European Opportunities Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
European Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.
In the previous week, European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quilter'saverage media sentiment score.
European Opportunities Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quilter. European Opportunities Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
European Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 88.38% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. European Opportunities Trust's return on equity of 12.84% beat Quilter's return on equity.
Quilter received 73 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. European Opportunities Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Quilter beats European Opportunities Trust on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EOT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
