UEM vs. MRC, BHMG, ATT, MYI, N91, WWH, VEIL, FEV, PNL, and WTAN
Should you be buying Utilico Emerging Markets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust include The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Murray International (MYI), Ninety One Group (N91), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Personal Assets (PNL), and Witan Investment Trust (WTAN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust vs. Its Competitors
The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) and Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (LON:UEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The Mercantile Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for The Mercantile Investment Trust and 0 mentions for Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. The Mercantile Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 63.48%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.56% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.
The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
The Mercantile Investment Trust beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:UEM) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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