The European Equity Fund, Inc.

NYSE:EEA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$60.2m

European Equity Fund Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 2/6

European Equity Fund has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 4%, while the Capital Markets industry saw earnings growing at 9.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.3% per year. European Equity Fund's return on equity is 16.8%, and it has net margins of 595.4%.

Key information

4.0%

Earnings growth rate

4.0%

EPS growth rate

Capital Markets Industry Growth10.3%
Revenue growth rate3.3%
Return on equity16.8%
Net Margin595.4%
Last Earnings Update31 Dec 2023

Recent past performance updates

No updates

Recent updates

EEA: Europe At A Discount

Jan 03

European Equity Fund decreases dividend by -80% to $0.145/share

Dec 20

European Equity Fund declares $0.0325 dividend

May 07

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
Beta

How European Equity Fund makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:EEA Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 2321210
30 Sep 2321210
30 Jun 2321310
31 Mar 232-210
31 Dec 222-1610
30 Sep 222-1610
30 Jun 222-1710
31 Mar 222-410
31 Dec 212910
30 Sep 2121510
30 Jun 2122210
31 Mar 2121610
31 Dec 2021110
30 Sep 202510
30 Jun 202010
31 Mar 202810
31 Dec 1921710
30 Sep 192810
30 Jun 192-110
31 Mar 192-810
31 Dec 182-1510
30 Sep 182-510
30 Jun 182410
31 Mar 1821110
31 Dec 1721810
30 Sep 1721510
30 Jun 1721310
31 Mar 172510
31 Dec 162-210
30 Sep 162-310
30 Jun 162-510
31 Mar 162-310
31 Dec 152-110
30 Sep 152-410
30 Jun 152-610
31 Mar 152-510
31 Dec 142-410
30 Sep 142910
30 Jun 1422110
31 Mar 1422010
31 Dec 1321910
30 Sep 1321610
30 Jun 1321210

Quality Earnings: EEA has a large one-off gain of $10.8M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2023.

Growing Profit Margin: EEA became profitable in the past.


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: EEA has become profitable over the past 5 years, growing earnings by 4% per year.

Accelerating Growth: EEA has become profitable in the last year, making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: EEA has become profitable in the last year, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Capital Markets industry (3.3%).


Return on Equity

High ROE: EEA's Return on Equity (16.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed

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