European Opportunities Trust (EOT) Competitors

Ninety One Group (LON:N91) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) 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, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, N91 or EOT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ninety One Group	£700M	2.40	£154.01M	£0.17	1,132.56
European Opportunities Trust	-£25.94M	-16.62	£79.96M	-£0.44	-2,096.19

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in N91 or EOT?

15.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.0% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ninety One Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of European Opportunities Trust 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.

Do analysts recommend N91 or EOT?

Ninety One Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential downside of 2.46%. Given Ninety One Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ninety One Group is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ninety One Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
European Opportunities Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, N91 or EOT?

Ninety One Group has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is N91 or EOT a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ninety One Group pays out 68.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Opportunities Trust pays out -4.5% 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.

Does the media refer more to N91 or EOT?

In the previous week, European Opportunities Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ninety One Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for European Opportunities Trust and 0 mentions for Ninety One Group. European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Ninety One Group's score of 0.75 indicating that European Opportunities Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ninety One Group	Positive
European Opportunities Trust	Very Positive

Is N91 or EOT more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ninety One Group	26.24%	42.90%	1.15%
European Opportunities Trust	88.38%	12.84%	7.67%

Summary

Ninety One Group beats European Opportunities Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.