Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is MTE or TRY more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 92.90% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 91.50%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 24.54% beat Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro European Smaller	92.90%	16.87%	2.99%
TR Property Investment Trust	91.50%	24.54%	-24.58%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTE or TRY?

0.7% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, MTE or TRY?

Montanaro European Smaller has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MTE or TRY a better dividend stock?

Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Montanaro European Smaller pays out -53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TR Property Investment Trust pays out -181.5% 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. TR Property Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, MTE or TRY?

TR Property Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Montanaro European Smaller. Montanaro European Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TR Property Investment Trust, 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
Montanaro European Smaller	-£2.92M	-87.50	£53.01M	-£0.02	-7,466.67
TR Property Investment Trust	-£19.36M	-51.71	£284.71M	-£0.09	-3,647.40

Does the media refer more to MTE or TRY?

In the previous week, TR Property Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. TR Property Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of 0.67 indicating that TR Property Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro European Smaller	Positive
TR Property Investment Trust	Very Positive

Summary

TR Property Investment Trust beats Montanaro European Smaller on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.