Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (IPU) Competitors

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller (LON:IPU) and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (LON:UEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Which has better valuation & earnings, IPU or UEM?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust, 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
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	£18.42M	5.64	£16.42M	£53.68	6.35
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£33.05M	12.12	£20.98M	£11.02	19.28

Does the media prefer IPU or UEM?

In the previous week, Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Utilico Emerging Markets Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	Neutral
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IPU or UEM?

57.8% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IPU or UEM?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust received 38 more outperform votes than Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	Outperform Votes 86 66.67%	Underperform Votes 43 33.33%
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Outperform Votes 124 65.26%	Underperform Votes 66 34.74%

Which has more risk and volatility, IPU or UEM?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPU or UEM more profitable?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller has a net margin of 89.18% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 63.48%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller's return on equity of 10.67% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller	89.18%	10.67%	-2.58%
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	63.48%	4.12%	7.22%

Is IPU or UEM a better dividend stock?

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.