EEA vs. BKT, FUND, MVT, MQT, TSI, VTN, TDF, BKN, NPV, and EMF
Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV), and Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) 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.
BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BlackRock Income Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. BlackRock Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Equity Fund 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.
In the previous week, BlackRock Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than The European Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust and 0 mentions for The European Equity Fund. The European Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat BlackRock Income Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that BlackRock Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackRock Income Trust received 26 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
BlackRock Income Trust beats The European Equity Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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