Montanaro European Smaller (MTE) Competitors

Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) and CQS New City High Yield Fund (LON:NCYF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MTE or NCYF?

Montanaro European Smaller has higher revenue and earnings than CQS New City High Yield Fund. Montanaro European Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CQS New City High Yield Fund, 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
Montanaro European Smaller	£32.81M	8.21	£29.02M	£0.18	790.19
CQS New City High Yield Fund	£23.34M	11.96	£17.89M	£0.03	1,715.73

Do analysts rate MTE or NCYF?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CQS New City High Yield Fund	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to MTE or NCYF?

In the previous week, Montanaro European Smaller's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled CQS New City High Yield Fund'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Montanaro European Smaller	Neutral
CQS New City High Yield Fund	Neutral

Is MTE or NCYF a better dividend stock?

Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CQS New City High Yield Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CQS New City High Yield Fund pays out 13,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, MTE or NCYF?

Montanaro European Smaller has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CQS New City High Yield Fund has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MTE or NCYF?

CQS New City High Yield Fund received 96 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave CQS New City High Yield Fund an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%
CQS New City High Yield Fund	Outperform Votes 147 65.04%	Underperform Votes 79 34.96%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MTE or NCYF?

21.3% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.1% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CQS New City High Yield Fund shares are owned 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.

Is MTE or NCYF more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 88.47% compared to CQS New City High Yield Fund's net margin of 76.66%. Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity of 11.67% beat CQS New City High Yield Fund's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Montanaro European Smaller	88.47%	11.67%	7.15%
CQS New City High Yield Fund	76.66%	7.27%	4.54%

Summary

Montanaro European Smaller beats CQS New City High Yield Fund on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.