EOT vs. N91, SSON, FEV, PNL, WTAN, BRW, FCSS, SNN, PIN, and WWH
Should you be buying European Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Opportunities Trust include Ninety One Group (N91), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), and Worldwide Healthcare (WWH). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
European Opportunities Trust vs. Its Competitors
European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) and Ninety One Group (LON:N91) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Ninety One Group has higher revenue and earnings than European Opportunities Trust. European Opportunities Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ninety One Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
European Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, European Opportunities Trust and European Opportunities Trust both had 1 articles in the media. European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.00 indicating that European Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
14.0% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by 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 Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 88.38% compared to Ninety One Group's net margin of 26.24%. Ninety One Group's return on equity of 42.90% beat European Opportunities Trust's return on equity.
Ninety One Group has a consensus price target of GBX 190, indicating a potential downside of 3.46%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.
European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ninety One Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. European Opportunities Trust pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% 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.
Summary
Ninety One Group beats European Opportunities Trust on 10 of the 16 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:EOT) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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