PNL vs. TEM, FEV, JAM, WTAN, HVPE, MRC, PIN, MYI, QLT, and BPT
Should you be buying Personal Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Personal Assets Trust include Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), JPMorgan American (JAM), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Mercantile (MRC), Pantheon International (PIN), Murray International (MYI), Quilter (QLT), and Bridgepoint Group (BPT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Personal Assets Trust (LON:PNL) and Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (LON:TEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Personal Assets Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Personal Assets Trust and 2 mentions for Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT. Personal Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a net margin of 83.81% compared to Personal Assets Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT's return on equity of 8.82% beat Personal Assets Trust's return on equity.
35.2% of Personal Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.0% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Personal Assets Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Personal Assets Trust received 39 more outperform votes than Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets Trust 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 Personal Assets Trust. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Personal Assets Trust has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Personal Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Personal Assets Trust pays out 12,000.0% 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 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. Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT beats Personal Assets Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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