Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM) Competitors

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the media prefer TEM or AVST?

In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 1 mentions for Avast. Avast's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's score of 0.96 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Avast	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in TEM or AVST?

2.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TEM or AVST a better dividend stock?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 34.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avast pays out 69.6% 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. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TEM or AVST more profitable?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Avast's net margin of 0.00%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity of 7.07% beat Avast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	81.07%	7.07%	4.50%
Avast	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, TEM or AVST?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Avast. Avast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets 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
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	£187.20M	10.96	£130.50M	£0.14	1,462.88
Avast	£940.10M	0.00	N/A	£0.23	N/A

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats Avast on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.