Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, UEM or PNL?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer UEM or PNL?

In the previous week, Personal Assets had 1 more articles in the media than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Neutral
Personal Assets	Positive

Is UEM or PNL more profitable?

Personal Assets has a net margin of 116.31% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 63.48%. Personal Assets' return on equity of 7.96% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	63.48%	4.12%	7.22%
Personal Assets	116.31%	7.96%	1.96%

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

54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, UEM or PNL?

Personal Assets has higher revenue and earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Personal Assets 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
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£33.05M	12.83	£20.98M	£11.02	20.41
Personal Assets	£107.31M	15.30	£124.81M	£39.23	13.13

Is UEM or PNL a better dividend stock?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Personal Assets pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UEM or PNL?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust received 16 more outperform votes than Personal Assets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets Trust an outperform vote while only 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Outperform Votes 124 65.26%	Underperform Votes 66 34.74%
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%

Summary

Personal Assets beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.