Economic Investment Trust (EVT) Competitors

Economic Investment Trust (TSE:EVT) and Cogeco Communications (TSE:CCA) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, EVT or CCA?

Economic Investment Trust has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cogeco Communications has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in EVT or CCA?

1.4% of Economic Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.8% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.7% of Economic Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Cogeco Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EVT or CCA?

Cogeco Communications has higher revenue and earnings than Economic Investment Trust. Economic Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cogeco Communications, 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
Economic Investment Trust	C$253.74M	3.59	C$220.99M	C$51.46	3.15
Cogeco Communications	C$2.97B	0.69	C$340.08M	C$7.84	8.69

Is EVT or CCA more profitable?

Economic Investment Trust has a net margin of 87.09% compared to Cogeco Communications' net margin of 11.44%. Economic Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.04% beat Cogeco Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Economic Investment Trust	87.09%	20.04%	13.12%
Cogeco Communications	11.44%	10.52%	4.96%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EVT or CCA?

Cogeco Communications received 357 more outperform votes than Economic Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.49% of users gave Economic Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Cogeco Communications an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Economic Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 50 68.49%	Underperform Votes 23 31.51%
Cogeco Communications	Outperform Votes 407 59.59%	Underperform Votes 276 40.41%

Do analysts prefer EVT or CCA?

Cogeco Communications has a consensus target price of C$71.28, indicating a potential upside of 4.64%. Given Cogeco Communications' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cogeco Communications is more favorable than Economic Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Economic Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Cogeco Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media favor EVT or CCA?

In the previous week, Cogeco Communications had 4 more articles in the media than Economic Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Cogeco Communications and 0 mentions for Economic Investment Trust. Economic Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Cogeco Communications' score of 0.05 indicating that Economic Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Economic Investment Trust	Positive
Cogeco Communications	Neutral

Summary

Economic Investment Trust beats Cogeco Communications on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.