European Opportunities Trust (EOT) Competitors

Quilter (LON:QLT) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, QLT or EOT?

European Opportunities Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quilter	£6.38B	0.32	£49.61M	£3.72	41.65
European Opportunities Trust	£90.47M	5.88	£79.96M	£128.67	6.64

Is QLT or EOT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%
European Opportunities Trust	88.38%	12.84%	7.67%

Is QLT or EOT a better dividend stock?

Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. 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. European Opportunities Trust pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in QLT or EOT?

79.1% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, QLT or EOT?

Quilter has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to QLT or EOT?

In the previous week, Quilter and Quilter both had 2 articles in the media. European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Quilter's score of 0.37 indicating that European Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quilter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
European Opportunities Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer QLT or EOT?

Quilter received 73 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%
European Opportunities Trust	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer QLT or EOT?

Quilter presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 12.85%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
European Opportunities Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Quilter and European Opportunities Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.