CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CTPE or JAGI?

CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CTPE or JAGI?

CT Private Equity Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity Trust, 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
CT Private Equity Trust	£28.62M	11.52	£13.78M	£0.19	2,426.32
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	£1.27M	263.59	-£2.18M	-£0.01	-37,100.00

Is CTPE or JAGI more profitable?

CT Private Equity Trust has a net margin of 48.16% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of -171.38%. CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity of 2.68% beat JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CT Private Equity Trust	48.16%	2.68%	1.91%
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	-171.38%	-0.55%	-0.23%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CTPE or JAGI?

47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTPE or JAGI?

CT Private Equity Trust and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CT Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	N/A	N/A

Is CTPE or JAGI a better dividend stock?

CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 14,736.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out -160,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend CTPE or JAGI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CT Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media favor CTPE or JAGI?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than CT Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income and 0 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat CT Private Equity Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CT Private Equity Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	Positive

Summary

CT Private Equity Trust beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.