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European Assets Trust (EAT) Competitors

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GBX 99.88 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 10/16/2025

EAT vs. FSV, JMG, VEIL, BRWM, ASL, HRI, IHP, ASHM, EDIN, and JFJ

Should you be buying European Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Assets Trust include Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), and JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

European Assets Trust vs. Its Competitors

European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (LON:FSV) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, European Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for European Assets Trust and 0 mentions for Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat European Assets Trust's score of 1.50 indicating that Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
European Assets Trust Positive
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values Very Positive

8.3% of European Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of European Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. European Assets Trust pays out 0.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values pays out 0.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has a net margin of 94.33% compared to European Assets Trust's net margin of 79.65%. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values' return on equity of 21.15% beat European Assets Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
European Assets Trust79.65% 7.51% 6.15%
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values 94.33%21.15%0.33%

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
European Assets Trust£25.97M13.85£27.91M£6.7214.86
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values£206.83M6.20£223.72M£63.296.27

Summary

Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values beats European Assets Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EAT vs. The Competition

MetricEuropean Assets TrustAsset Management IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£359.63M£1.46B£12.74B£2.58B
Dividend Yield6.05%4.73%5.59%5.38%
P/E Ratio14.8662.6421.16428.44
Price / Sales13.851,971.1730.4897,452.55
Price / Cash15.7660.4722.4027.90
Price / Book1.011.362.258.22
Net Income£27.91M£264.59M£1.02B£5.89B
7 Day PerformanceN/A-0.32%-0.76%-0.76%
1 Month Performance7.39%0.12%-1.41%0.81%
1 Year Performance20.92%7.94%535.79%121.26%

European Assets Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EAT
European Assets Trust
N/AGBX 99.88
flat
N/AN/A£359.63M£25.97M14.86N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 403
-0.4%
N/A+24.5%£1.30B£206.83M636.7525,000Positive News
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 129.80
-1.4%
N/A+22.6%£1.28B£56.29M2,803.46N/A
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 770
+1.2%
N/A+29.4%£1.28B£81.16M1,925.00N/A
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 680
-0.3%
N/A+22.8%£1.27B-£13.80M-7,039.34147,000
ASL
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 1,532
+0.1%
N/A-0.9%£1.24B£68.05M1,921.00N/A
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,510
+0.6%
N/A+19.2%£1.21B£34.06M3,670.666,600
IHP
IntegraFin
3.4693 of 5 stars
GBX 366
+0.8%
GBX 430
+17.5%
-3.4%£1.21B£151.70M2,506.853,520Dividend Increase
High Trading Volume
ASHM
Ashmore Group
1.7912 of 5 stars
GBX 180.40
+1.4%
GBX 155
-14.1%
-15.4%£1.18B£144.40M1,532.71283Analyst Forecast
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 818
+0.2%
N/A+8.6%£1.15B£86.82M1,417.19N/A
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 705
+0.7%
N/A+31.7%£1.13B£53.11M2,060.80N/A

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This page (LON:EAT) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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