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