EV vs. BEN, SEIC, IVZ, MAIN, AMG, CNS, GBDC, PSEC, VRTS, and OCSL
Should you be buying Eaton Vance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Eaton Vance include Franklin Resources (BEN), SEI Investments (SEIC), Invesco (IVZ), Main Street Capital (MAIN), Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), Cohen & Steers (CNS), Golub Capital BDC (GBDC), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Virtus Investment Partners (VRTS), and Oaktree Specialty Lending (OCSL). These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.
Eaton Vance vs.
Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) and Eaton Vance (NYSE:EV) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Franklin Resources had 8 more articles in the media than Eaton Vance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Franklin Resources and 1 mentions for Eaton Vance. Franklin Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Eaton Vance's score of 0.00 indicating that Franklin Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Franklin Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Eaton Vance pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Franklin Resources pays out 196.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Eaton Vance pays out 45.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Resources has increased its dividend for 45 consecutive years. Franklin Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Eaton Vance has a net margin of 8.01% compared to Franklin Resources' net margin of 4.32%. Eaton Vance's return on equity of 29.84% beat Franklin Resources' return on equity.
Franklin Resources currently has a consensus price target of $20.86, suggesting a potential upside of 1.80%. Given Franklin Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Franklin Resources is more favorable than Eaton Vance.
47.6% of Franklin Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Eaton Vance shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of Franklin Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Franklin Resources received 181 more outperform votes than Eaton Vance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.52% of users gave Franklin Resources an outperform vote while only 34.91% of users gave Eaton Vance an outperform vote.
Franklin Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Franklin Resources has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eaton Vance has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Franklin Resources beats Eaton Vance on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EV) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
