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Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM) Competitors

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GBX 197.22 -2.78 (-1.39%)
As of 08/1/2025 12:17 PM Eastern

TEM vs. AVST, PSN, BLND, RMG, VTY, 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), Royal Mail (RMG), Vistry Group (VTY), 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust£160.96M12.81£130.50M£12.4715.81
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A

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 1.60 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's score of 0.78 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 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

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.

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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 Trust81.07% 7.07% 4.50%
Avast N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats Avast on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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TEM vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Emerging Markets Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.06B£1.29B£6.31B£3.03B
Dividend Yield2.90%4.40%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio15.8122.3714.05176.75
Price / Sales12.812,540.331,847.24264,362.45
Price / Cash10.2260.70127.4727.97
Price / Book1.091.452.244.53
Net Income£130.50M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.92%-0.46%6.05%12.58%
1 Month Performance4.47%0.52%1.79%6.10%
1 Year Performance23.11%6.39%19.31%71.60%

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TEM
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
N/AGBX 197.22
-1.4%
N/A+19.1%£2.06B£160.96M15.81N/A
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
2.1774 of 5 stars
GBX 1,147
-1.1%
GBX 1,447.50
+26.2%
-27.5%£3.69B£2.92B14.366,180
BLND
British Land
3.6518 of 5 stars
GBX 351
-0.6%
GBX 480
+36.8%
-15.8%£3.50B£533.92M3.811,690
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
N/AGBX 579.06
-1.0%
GBX 631
+9.0%
-58.2%£1.89B£3.55B7.694,400
SPT
Spirent Communications
2.0948 of 5 stars
GBX 195.40
+0.1%
GBX 236
+20.8%
+13.4%£1.40B£561.21M105.631,526News Coverage
GEN
Genuit Group
2.2574 of 5 stars
GBX 393
+1.2%
GBX 520
+32.3%
-24.3%£974.76M£553.28M41.232,700News Coverage
DOCS
Dr. Martens
3.015 of 5 stars
GBX 81
+0.5%
GBX 6,000
+7,307.4%
+11.8%£786.32M£874.20M11.48890Dividend Cut
WIX
Wickes Group
2.2123 of 5 stars
GBX 221
-0.9%
GBX 215
-2.7%
+39.6%£523.26M£1.45B17.875,930
YOU
YouGov
2.7899 of 5 stars
GBX 314.39
-0.5%
GBX 760
+141.7%
-32.8%£367.88M£335.28M-160.221,820Trending News

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This page (LON:TEM) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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