Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO) Competitors

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (LON:BEMO) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BEMO or CTPE?

2.3% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.8% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BEMO or CTPE more profitable?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a net margin of 93.50% compared to CT Private Equity Trust's net margin of 59.97%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' return on equity of 15.45% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	93.50%	15.45%	0.30%
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%

Which has more risk & volatility, BEMO or CTPE?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor BEMO or CTPE?

In the previous week, Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CT Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	Neutral
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Is BEMO or CTPE a better dividend stock?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 359.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, BEMO or CTPE?

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity 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
Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities	£13.33M	6.60	£12.61M	£1.06	709.69
CT Private Equity Trust	£6.88M	49.17	£5.40M	£0.08	6,064.10

Summary

Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities beats CT Private Equity Trust on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.