JEDT vs. ESCT, APAX, VOF, BRSC, GCP, TMPL, BGFD, SEIT, JFJ, and NBPE
Should you be buying JPMorgan European Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan European Discovery include The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), Temple Bar (TMPL), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), and NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) and The European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:ESCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The European Smaller Companies Trust has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 2,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. The European Smaller Companies Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
59.2% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.9% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of The European Smaller Companies Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, The European Smaller Companies Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for The European Smaller Companies Trust and 1 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. The European Smaller Companies Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that The European Smaller Companies Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JPMorgan European Discovery and The European Smaller Companies Trust both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has a net margin of 85.82% compared to JPMorgan European Discovery's net margin of 71.30%. The European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 10.80% beat JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity.
The European Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Discovery. The European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The European Smaller Companies Trust beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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