TEM vs. MRC, JAM, HVPE, PNL, CLDN, FEV, PIN, WWH, WTAN, and MYI
Should you be buying Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), JPMorgan American (JAM), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Personal Assets (PNL), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Pantheon International (PIN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Murray International (MYI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (LON:TEM) and Mercantile (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a net margin of 83.81% compared to Mercantile's net margin of 24.22%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT's return on equity of 8.82% beat Mercantile's return on equity.
Mercantile received 8 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.04% of users gave Mercantile an outperform vote while only 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT an outperform vote.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has higher revenue and earnings than Mercantile. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mercantile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Mercantile pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT pays out 3,571.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mercantile pays out 70,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mercantile has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Mercantile had 2 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Mercantile and 0 mentions for Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT. Mercantile's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercantile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
67.3% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.3% of Mercantile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Mercantile shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT beats Mercantile on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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