EOT vs. PHI, HSL, BUT, EWI, JLEN, THRG, USA, FSG, FEML, and IPX
Should you be buying European Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Opportunities Trust include Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), Brunner (BUT), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Baillie Gifford US Growth (USA), Foresight Group (FSG), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), and Impax Asset Management Group (IPX). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (LON:PHI) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Pacific Horizon Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Pacific Horizon Investment Trust and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. European Opportunities Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust received 77 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust pays out -526.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Opportunities Trust pays out 615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
European Opportunities Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pacific Horizon Investment Trust. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Opportunities Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
European Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 82.32% compared to European Opportunities Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Pacific Horizon Investment Trust's return on equity of 7.40% beat European Opportunities Trust's return on equity.
Pacific Horizon Investment Trust has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Opportunities Trust has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
21.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.7% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.8% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
European Opportunities Trust beats Pacific Horizon Investment Trust on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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