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European Opportunities Trust (EOT) Competitors

GBX 887
+2.00 (+0.23%)
(As of 09/17/2024 ET)

EOT vs. BUR, CTY, WWH, MRC, CLDN, QLT, AJB, HVPE, JTC, and JAM

Should you be buying European Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Opportunities Trust include Burford Capital (BUR), City of London (CTY), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Quilter (QLT), AJ Bell (AJB), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), JTC (JTC), and JPMorgan American (JAM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

European Opportunities Trust vs.

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:EOT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

62.5% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of European Opportunities Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Burford Capital received 382 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
382
74.61%
Underperform Votes
130
25.39%
European Opportunities TrustN/AN/A

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than European Opportunities Trust. Burford Capital 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital£1.17B0.00£396.45M£1.34N/A
European Opportunities Trust£77.89M7.39£64.12M£0.651,364.62

European Opportunities Trust has a net margin of 82.32% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 33.87%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 16.58% beat European Opportunities Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burford Capital33.87% 16.58% 10.28%
European Opportunities Trust 82.32%7.40%4.75%

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat European Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital Positive
European Opportunities Trust Neutral

Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given Burford Capital's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
European Opportunities Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% 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.

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share. European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Burford Capital pays out 746.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. European Opportunities Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Burford Capital beats European Opportunities Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EOT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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EOT vs. The Competition

MetricEuropean Opportunities TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£575.93M£776.89M£3.24B£1.53B
Dividend Yield0.40%13.67%4.50%10.75%
P/E Ratio1,364.62771.24411.191,728.05
Price / Sales7.3915,544.152,611.73178,992.82
Price / Cash122.7188.3751.0636.24
Price / Book0.971.711.372.84
Net Income£64.12M£53.23M£425.97M£164.86M
7 Day Performance2.19%0.68%0.57%0.33%
1 Month Performance1.14%0.41%1.07%-1.68%
1 Year Performance10.74%8.56%12.47%15.36%

European Opportunities Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3586 of 5 stars
2.36 / 5 stars
GBX 1,004
+1.6%
GBX 1,600
+59.4%
N/A£2.20B£1.17B749.25140
CTY
City of London
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 439
+0.3%
N/A+9.0%£2.17B£140.56M1,756.00N/ADividend Announcement
WWH
Worldwide Healthcare
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 358.26
+0.2%
N/A+14.3%£1.93B£-56,290,000.00-2,388.40N/A
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 245
+1.4%
N/A+22.1%£1.90B£97.69M2,450.002,800Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
CLDN
Caledonia Investments
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 3,460
-0.3%
N/A+0.0%£1.88B£167.60M1,510.9274
QLT
Quilter
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 132
flat
GBX 117.50
-11.0%
+46.2%£1.83B£6.43B3,300.002,983Gap Up
AJB
AJ Bell
1.02 of 5 stars
1.02 / 5 stars
GBX 437.50
-0.5%
GBX 385.50
-11.9%
+48.9%£1.80B£244.98M2,187.501,373Dividend Increase
Positive News
Gap Down
HVPE
HarbourVest Global Private Equity
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 2,370
+0.4%
N/A+0.2%£1.80B£149.21M2,025.64N/A
JTC
JTC
1.2872 of 5 stars
1.29 / 5 stars
GBX 1,092
-0.2%
GBX 1,125
+3.0%
+44.3%£1.79B£257.44M7,800.001,603Dividend Cut
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
JAM
JPMorgan American
0 of 5 stars
0.00 / 5 stars
GBX 977
+1.0%
N/A+20.7%£1.79B£191.56M986.87N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:EOT) was last updated on 9/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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