Economic Investment Trust (EVT) Competitors

Economic Investment Trust (TSE:EVT) and B2Gold (TSE:BTO) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EVT or BTO?

B2Gold received 812 more outperform votes than Economic Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 80.11% of users gave B2Gold an outperform vote while only 68.49% of users gave Economic Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Economic Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 50 68.49%	Underperform Votes 23 31.51%
B2Gold	Outperform Votes 862 80.11%	Underperform Votes 214 19.89%

Do analysts rate EVT or BTO?

B2Gold has a consensus target price of C$5.91, suggesting a potential upside of 47.81%. Given B2Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe B2Gold 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)	0.00
B2Gold	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EVT or BTO?

1.4% of Economic Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of B2Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 79.7% of Economic Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of B2Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor EVT or BTO?

In the previous week, B2Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Economic Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for B2Gold and 1 mentions for Economic Investment Trust. Economic Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat B2Gold's score of -0.20 indicating that Economic Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Economic Investment Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
B2Gold	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is EVT or BTO more profitable?

Economic Investment Trust has a net margin of 87.09% compared to B2Gold's net margin of -38.20%. Economic Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.04% beat B2Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Economic Investment Trust	87.09%	20.04%	13.12%
B2Gold	-38.20%	-20.27%	6.33%

Which has more volatility and risk, EVT or BTO?

Economic Investment Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, B2Gold has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EVT or BTO?

Economic Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than B2Gold. B2Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Economic Investment 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
Economic Investment Trust	C$253.74M	4.04	C$220.99M	C$51.46	3.55
B2Gold	C$1.47B	2.51	-C$563.17M	-C$0.87	-4.60

Summary

Economic Investment Trust and B2Gold tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.