Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

Real Estate Credit Investments (LON:RECI) and Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility & risk, RECI or MTE?

Real Estate Credit Investments has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro European Smaller has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RECI or MTE?

Real Estate Credit Investments received 58 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.67% of users gave Real Estate Credit Investments an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Real Estate Credit Investments	Outperform Votes 109 72.67%	Underperform Votes 41 27.33%
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%

Is RECI or MTE a better dividend stock?

Real Estate Credit Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Real Estate Credit Investments pays out 10,909.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RECI or MTE?

64.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Real Estate Credit Investments shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RECI or MTE more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 88.47% compared to Montanaro European Smaller's net margin of 70.84%. Real Estate Credit Investments' return on equity of 11.67% beat Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Real Estate Credit Investments	70.84%	7.61%	4.38%
Montanaro European Smaller	88.47%	11.67%	7.15%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, RECI or MTE?

Montanaro European Smaller has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Real Estate Credit Investments. Montanaro European Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Real Estate Credit Investments, 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
Real Estate Credit Investments	£36.48M	7.29	£25.84M	£0.11	1,072.73
Montanaro European Smaller	£32.81M	7.94	£29.02M	£0.18	763.89

Do analysts rate RECI or MTE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Real Estate Credit Investments	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer RECI or MTE?

In the previous week, Real Estate Credit Investments had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Real Estate Credit Investments and 0 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. Real Estate Credit Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of -0.37 indicating that Montanaro European Smaller is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Real Estate Credit Investments	Neutral
Montanaro European Smaller	Neutral

Summary

Montanaro European Smaller beats Real Estate Credit Investments on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.