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Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM) Competitors

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GBX 212.74 +0.74 (+0.35%)
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TEM vs. AVST, PSN, BLND, RMG, VTY, SPT, DOCS, GEN, 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), Dr. Martens (DOCS), Genuit Group (GEN), Wickes Group (WIX), and YouGov (YOU). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust vs. Its Competitors

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

Avast pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share. 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 out 69.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 34.8% 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.

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
AvastN/A N/A N/A
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust 81.07%7.07%4.50%

In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Avast. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Avast. Avast's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's score of 0.65 indicating that Avast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Avast Very Positive
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust Positive

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Avast£940.10M0.00N/A£0.23N/A
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust£187.20M11.10£130.50M£0.141,481.47

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats Avast on 8 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

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TEM vs. The Competition

MetricTempleton Emerging Markets Investment TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.08B£1.45B£6.37B£2.57B
Dividend Yield2.50%4.58%4.31%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,481.474,766.341,783.265,423.69
Price / Sales11.101,975.371,364.2497,188.31
Price / Cash10.2260.62127.5227.93
Price / Book1.171.372.089.65
Net Income£130.50M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.65%0.30%1.01%0.47%
1 Month Performance6.90%1.26%2.12%44.46%
1 Year Performance34.64%8.83%30.47%188.35%

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 212.74
+0.3%
N/AN/A£2.08B£187.20M1,481.47N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
AVST
Avast
N/AN/AN/AN/A£7.49B£940.10M3,115.651,800High Trading Volume
PSN
Persimmon
3.0859 of 5 stars
GBX 1,074.43
-1.2%
GBX 1,431.25
+33.2%
N/A£3.44B£3.39B1,354.906,180
BLND
British Land
3.0052 of 5 stars
GBX 335.60
-1.3%
GBX 480
+43.0%
-27.9%£3.36B£454M958.861,690
RMG
Royal Mail
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.98B£12.71B339.34100
VTY
Vistry Group
2.3498 of 5 stars
GBX 582.60
-3.5%
GBX 594.80
+2.1%
-55.2%£1.88B£3.78B2,672.484,400News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Down
SPT
Spirent Communications
1.7612 of 5 stars
GBX 196.70
-0.2%
GBX 236
+20.0%
+13.4%£1.14B£471M15,862.661,526High Trading Volume
DOCS
Dr. Martens
2.2909 of 5 stars
GBX 90
-0.1%
GBX 6,000
+6,566.7%
+43.2%£869.10M£787.60M18,000.00890News Coverage
Dividend Cut
GEN
Genuit Group
2.5074 of 5 stars
GBX 337.50
-0.6%
GBX 507
+50.2%
-30.9%£838.90M£586.70M1,739.692,700
WIX
Wickes Group
2.5284 of 5 stars
GBX 194.47
-0.4%
GBX 222.50
+14.4%
+13.9%£450.50M£1.54B2,592.935,930Earnings Report
Insider Trade
YOU
YouGov
3.5523 of 5 stars
GBX 350.50
-2.5%
GBX 662.50
+89.0%
-30.1%£410.76M£383.90M50,071.431,820Trending News

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