European Assets Trust (EAT) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) and European Assets Trust (LON:EAT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, valuation, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JMG or EAT?

European Assets Trust received 32 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave European Assets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%
European Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 110 65.09%	Underperform Votes 59 34.91%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JMG or EAT?

48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of European Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of European Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JMG or EAT more profitable?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a net margin of 82.19% compared to European Assets Trust's net margin of 79.65%. European Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.51% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
European Assets Trust	79.65%	7.51%	6.15%

Is JMG or EAT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. European Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Assets Trust pays out 77.2% 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 earnings and valuation, JMG or EAT?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than European Assets Trust. European Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerging Markets, 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
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£97.45M	11.94	£80.10M	£7.55	14.55
European Assets Trust	£35.04M	8.81	£27.91M	£7.77	11.04

Does the media prefer JMG or EAT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than European Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 0 mentions for European Assets Trust. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat European Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Emerging Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Positive
European Assets Trust	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, JMG or EAT?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Assets Trust has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan Emerging Markets beats European Assets Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.