Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) and Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is MTE or EDIN a better dividend stock?

Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 1,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Edinburgh Investment pays out 3,373.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is MTE or EDIN more profitable?

Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 93.28% compared to Montanaro European Smaller's net margin of 80.23%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 11.58% beat Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro European Smaller	80.23%	4.78%	2.99%
Edinburgh Investment	93.28%	11.58%	6.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTE or EDIN?

Edinburgh Investment received 35 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
Edinburgh Investment	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in MTE or EDIN?

21.1% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MTE or EDIN?

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro European Smaller. Edinburgh Investment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro European Smaller, 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
Montanaro European Smaller	£18.23M	14.91	£14.63M	£0.08	1,793.75
Edinburgh Investment	£141.19M	7.67	£131.71M	£0.83	875.90

Does the media prefer MTE or EDIN?

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 6 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 1 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of 0.00 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Edinburgh Investment	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate MTE or EDIN?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Edinburgh Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, MTE or EDIN?

Montanaro European Smaller has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats Montanaro European Smaller on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.