Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM) Competitors

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

Is WTAN or UEM a better dividend stock?

Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays out 3,103.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WTAN or UEM?

8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held 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.

Is WTAN or UEM more profitable?

Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 82.80%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Witan Investment Trust	89.43%	13.68%	7.95%
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	82.80%	11.24%	7.22%

Which has more volatility & risk, WTAN or UEM?

Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTAN or UEM?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust received 30 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Witan Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 94 67.63%	Underperform Votes 45 32.37%
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Outperform Votes 124 65.26%	Underperform Votes 66 34.74%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WTAN or UEM?

Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Witan Investment Trust 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
Witan Investment Trust	£246.38M	0.00	£220.34M	£0.36	N/A
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£69.92M	5.72	£57.89M	£0.29	734.48

Does the media refer more to WTAN or UEM?

In the previous week, Witan Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Witan Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Witan Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Witan Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Witan Investment Trust	Positive
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Neutral

Summary

Witan Investment Trust beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.