TEM vs. AVST, PSN, BLND, VTY, RMG, SPT, GEN, DOCS, WIX, and YOU
Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust include Avast (AVST), Persimmon (PSN), British Land (BLND), Vistry Group (VTY), Royal Mail (RMG), Spirent Communications (SPT), Genuit Group (GEN), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Wickes Group (WIX), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and Avast (LON:AVST) are both mid-cap computer software companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% 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.
In the previous week, Avast had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Avast and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Avast's score of -1.14 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
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.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats Avast on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TEM) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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