EEA vs. BKT, FUND, MQT, MVT, TSI, VTN, TDF, BKN, EMF, and NPV
Should you be buying The European Equity Fund stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The European Equity Fund include BlackRock Income Trust (BKT), Sprott Focus Trust (FUND), BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund II (MQT), BlackRock MuniVest Fund II (MVT), TCW Strategic Income Fund (TSI), Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals (VTN), Templeton Dragon Fund (TDF), BlackRock Investment Quality Municipal Trust (BKN), Templeton Emerging Markets Fund (EMF), and Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
The European Equity Fund (NYSE:EEA) and BlackRock Income Trust (NYSE:BKT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, The European Equity Fund had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock Income Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for The European Equity Fund and 1 mentions for BlackRock Income Trust. The European Equity Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat BlackRock Income Trust's score of 0.50 indicating that The European Equity Fund is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackRock Income Trust received 26 more outperform votes than The European Equity Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave The European Equity Fund an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave BlackRock Income Trust an outperform vote.
The European Equity Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BlackRock Income Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%.
51.9% of The European Equity Fund shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.4% of BlackRock Income Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of The European Equity Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The European Equity Fund has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock Income Trust has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
The European Equity Fund beats BlackRock Income Trust on 6 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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