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The European Equity Fund (EEA) Competitors

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EEA vs. MVT, TDF, BKN, FT, DHF, MPV, EMF, OXSQ, VBF, and SPE

Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Franklin Universal Trust (FT), BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), Barings Participation Investors (MPV), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), Oxford Square Capital (OXSQ), Invesco Bond Fund (VBF), and Special Opportunities Fund (SPE). These companies are all part of the "financial services" industry.

The European Equity Fund vs.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (NYSE:MVT) and The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlackRock MuniVest Fund IIN/A N/A N/A
The European Equity Fund N/A N/A N/A

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II received 94 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.74% of users gave BlackRock MuniVest Fund II an outperform vote while only 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlackRock MuniVest Fund IIOutperform Votes
165
71.74%
Underperform Votes
65
28.26%
The European Equity FundOutperform Votes
71
68.93%
Underperform Votes
32
31.07%

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlackRock MuniVest Fund IIN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
The European Equity Fund$6.29M9.34N/AN/AN/A

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%.

In the previous week, The European Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat BlackRock MuniVest Fund II's score of -0.55 indicating that The European Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II Negative
The European Equity Fund Neutral

34.2% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BlackRock MuniVest Fund II shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BlackRock MuniVest Fund II and The European Equity Fund tied by winning 4 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EEA vs. The Competition

MetricThe European Equity FundInvestment offices IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$58.77M$8.35B$11.82B$20.04B
Dividend Yield2.13%6.83%5.97%3.61%
P/E RatioN/A0.4525.0341.77
Price / Sales9.3414.6327.6817.54
Price / CashN/A7.0216.9317.54
Price / BookN/A0.992.665.86
Net IncomeN/A$73.96M$1.07B$1.01B
7 Day Performance4.74%2.21%2.56%3.59%
1 Month Performance0.29%1.99%1.55%6.09%
1 Year Performance2.43%7.04%15.46%20.27%

The European Equity Fund Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EEA
The European Equity Fund
N/A$8.52
+1.5%
N/A+0.9%$58.77M$6.29M0.0014,000
MVT
BlackRock MuniVest Fund II
N/A$10.69
+0.5%
N/A+1.5%$227.06M$11.49M0.00N/A
TDF
Templeton Dragon Fund
N/A$8.40
+1.7%
N/A+12.9%$212.97M$-43,393,964.000.00147,000
BKN
BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust
N/A$11.27
+0.6%
N/A-2.6%$198.49MN/A0.00N/A
FT
Franklin Universal Trust
N/A$7.58
+0.6%
N/A+18.2%$190.36MN/A0.00N/A
DHF
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund
N/A$2.61
+0.2%
N/A+13.7%$190.14M$33.52M0.00N/A
MPV
Barings Participation Investors
N/A$17.53
+2.5%
N/A+11.1%$186.12MN/A0.00900Gap Down
EMF
Templeton Emerging Markets Fund
N/A$12.07
+0.5%
N/A+10.4%$183.06M$28.87M0.00N/A
OXSQ
Oxford Square Capital
1.0481 of 5 stars
$2.61
-2.6%
N/A-13.3%$177.19M$51.82M-26.10N/ADividend Announcement
VBF
Invesco Bond Fund
N/A$15.46
-0.6%
N/A+1.8%$176.51MN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SPE
Special Opportunities Fund
N/A$15.05
+0.3%
N/A+26.3%$168.29M$34.97M0.00N/ADividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EEA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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