JEO vs. JUST, AGT, SAIN, FSV, BBH, ATT, BSIF, TRY, JTC, and GCP
Should you be buying European Opportunities Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of European Opportunities Trust include Just Group (JUST), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (BBH), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), JTC (JTC), and GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
European Opportunities Trust vs.
Just Group (LON:JUST) and European Opportunities Trust (LON:JEO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
European Opportunities Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Just Group. Just Group 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.
70.3% of Just Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Just Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
European Opportunities Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Just Group's return on equity.
Just Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 129.29, suggesting a potential upside of 53.55%. Given Just Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Just Group is more favorable than European Opportunities Trust.
In the previous week, Just Group had 18 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Just Group and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. Just Group's average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat European Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Just Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Just Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Just Group pays out -952.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. European Opportunities Trust pays out -0.1% 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. Just Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Just Group received 214 more outperform votes than European Opportunities Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Just Group an outperform vote while only 69.13% of users gave European Opportunities Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Just Group beats European Opportunities Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JEO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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.
European Opportunities Trust Competitors List
