CEE vs. EEA, GCV, CEV, DTF, JEQ, NXC, CIF, BCV, SSSS, and NMI
Should you be buying The Central and Eastern Europe Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund include The European Equity Fund (EEA), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), Bancroft Fund (BCV), SuRo Capital (SSSS), and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) and The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund had 1 more articles in the media than The European Equity Fund. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund and 4 mentions for The European Equity Fund. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat The European Equity Fund's score of 0.18 indicating that The European Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund received 4 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.75% of users gave The Central and Eastern Europe Fund an outperform vote while only 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote.
Summary
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund beats The European Equity Fund on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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