EEA vs. CEE, GCV, CEV, DTF, JEQ, NXC, SSSS, BCV, CIF, and NMI
Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (CEE), The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund (GCV), Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust (CEV), DTF Tax-Free Income 2028 Term Fund (DTF), Abrdn Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC), SuRo Capital (SSSS), Bancroft Fund (BCV), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (CIF), and Nuveen Municipal Income Fund (NMI). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund (NYSE:CEE) and The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
34.4% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are owned by 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.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund received 4 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.75% of users gave The Central and Eastern Europe Fund an outperform vote while only 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, The European Equity Fund had 6 more articles in the media than The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for The European Equity Fund and 0 mentions for The Central and Eastern Europe Fund. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat The European Equity Fund's score of 0.42 indicating that The European Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. The Central and Eastern Europe Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
The Central and Eastern Europe Fund beats The European Equity Fund on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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