ATS vs. BRLA, NTN, NTV, ROOF, AADV, REC, INOV, AAEV, BGCG, and NVT
Should you be buying Artemis Alpha Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Artemis Alpha Trust include BlackRock Latin American (BRLA), Northern 3 VCT (NTN), Northern 2 VCT (NTV), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), Albion Development VCT (AADV), Record (REC), Schroders Capital Global Innov Trust (INOV), Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV), Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust (BGCG), and Northern Venture Trust (NVT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Artemis Alpha Trust (LON:ATS) and BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust (LON:BRLA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Artemis Alpha Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Artemis Alpha Trust pays out 3,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust pays out 1,691.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust received 29 more outperform votes than Artemis Alpha Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.61% of users gave BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave Artemis Alpha Trust an outperform vote.
27.9% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.7% of Artemis Alpha Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.3% of BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Artemis Alpha Trust has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Artemis Alpha Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.
BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.77% compared to Artemis Alpha Trust's net margin of 71.79%. BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust's return on equity of 34.13% beat Artemis Alpha Trust's return on equity.
BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Artemis Alpha Trust. BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Artemis Alpha Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackRock Latin American Investment Trust beats Artemis Alpha Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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