HVPE vs. JAM, PNL, TEM, MRC, FEV, BPT, CLDN, WWH, WTAN, and RAT
Should you be buying HarbourVest Global Private Equity stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of HarbourVest Global Private Equity include JPMorgan American (JAM), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Templeton Emerging Mkts Invmt Tr TEMIT (TEM), Mercantile (MRC), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Rathbones Group (RAT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. HarbourVest Global Private Equity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan American, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.3% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.0% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of JPMorgan American shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 3 more articles in the media than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JPMorgan American and 1 mentions for HarbourVest Global Private Equity. HarbourVest Global Private Equity's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat JPMorgan American's score of -0.07 indicating that HarbourVest Global Private Equity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan American has a net margin of 96.44% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 89.44%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 13.31% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.
JPMorgan American received 32 more outperform votes than HarbourVest Global Private Equity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave HarbourVest Global Private Equity an outperform vote.
Summary
JPMorgan American beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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