Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) Competitors

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (LON:DIG) and Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DIG or BEMO?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dunedin Income Growth 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
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	£10.37M	35.12	£36.34M	£0.07	4,060.77
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	£13.33M	7.08	£12.61M	£1.06	761.73

Is DIG or BEMO a better dividend stock?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust pays out 196.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, DIG or BEMO?

Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DIG or BEMO?

6.6% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.3% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is DIG or BEMO more profitable?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a net margin of 93.50% compared to Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's net margin of 88.71%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust	88.71%	8.64%	3.15%
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	93.50%	15.45%	0.30%

Does the media favor DIG or BEMO?

In the previous week, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities had 2 more articles in the media than Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities and 1 mentions for Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust's score of 1.84 indicating that Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dunedin Income Growth 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
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities beats Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.