Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (UEM) Competitors

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust (LON:UEM) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UEM or WTAN?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust received 30 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Outperform Votes 124 65.26%	Underperform Votes 66 34.74%
Witan Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 94 67.63%	Underperform Votes 45 32.37%

Which has more risk & volatility, UEM or WTAN?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UEM or WTAN a better dividend stock?

Utilico Emerging Markets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. 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. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Utilico Emerging Markets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in UEM or WTAN?

54.5% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, UEM or WTAN?

Witan Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Witan 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	£33.05M	12.46	£20.98M	£11.02	19.82
Witan Investment Trust	£246.38M	0.00	£220.34M	£0.36	N/A

Is UEM or WTAN more profitable?

Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's net margin of 63.48%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	63.48%	4.12%	7.22%
Witan Investment Trust	89.43%	13.68%	7.95%

Does the media refer more to UEM or WTAN?

In the previous week, Utilico Emerging Markets Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Witan Investment Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Utilico Emerging Markets Trust	Neutral
Witan Investment Trust	Neutral

Summary

Witan Investment Trust beats Utilico Emerging Markets Trust on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.