TEM vs. PSN, VTY, BLND, RMG, GEN, SPT, DOCS, YOU, WIX, and SST
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 Persimmon (PSN), Vistry Group (VTY), British Land (BLND), Royal Mail (RMG), Genuit Group (GEN), Spirent Communications (SPT), Dr. Martens (DOCS), YouGov (YOU), Wickes Group (WIX), and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and Persimmon (LON:PSN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Persimmon has higher revenue and earnings than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Persimmon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Persimmon received 494 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.65% of users gave Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 55.03% of users gave Persimmon an outperform vote.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to Persimmon's net margin of 8.84%. Persimmon's return on equity of 7.58% beat Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Persimmon pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Persimmon pays out 7,500.0% 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 Markets Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Persimmon had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Persimmon and 1 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Persimmon's score of -0.12 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Persimmon has a consensus target price of GBX 1,510, indicating a potential downside of 7.36%. Given Persimmon's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Persimmon is more favorable than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust.
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Persimmon has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.9% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.7% of Persimmon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Persimmon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Persimmon beats Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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