JMI vs. MNL, JUSC, BGUK, ASLI, IBT, CGL, CCJI, MTE, RECI, and ADIG
Should you be buying JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust include Manchester & London Investment Trust (MNL), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (JUSC), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), International Biotechnology (IBT), Castelnau Group (CGL), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), and abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust (LON:JMI) and Manchester & London Investment Trust (LON:MNL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Manchester & London Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manchester & London Investment Trust pays out 540.5% 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 UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Manchester & London Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manchester & London Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
37.4% of JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of Manchester & London Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Manchester & London Investment Trust shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Manchester & London Investment Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Manchester & London Investment Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust. Manchester & London Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Manchester & London Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manchester & London Investment Trust has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust received 20 more outperform votes than Manchester & London Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.98% of users gave JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Manchester & London Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Manchester & London Investment Trust has a net margin of 96.54% compared to JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Manchester & London Investment Trust's return on equity of 46.46% beat JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust's return on equity.
Summary
Manchester & London Investment Trust beats JPMorgan UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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