JUP vs. AAS, ATR, POLN, UEM, PCGH, PAC, JCH, NESF, ORIT, and DIG
Should you be buying Jupiter Fund Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jupiter Fund Management include abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment (ATR), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), and Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Jupiter Fund Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 78.67, indicating a potential downside of 6.35%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than abrdn Asia Focus.
abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 77.68% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -3.50%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.41% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.
Jupiter Fund Management received 515 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 60.10% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote.
abrdn Asia Focus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -23,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jupiter Fund Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 4 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 2 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Jupiter Fund Management's score of 0.13 indicating that abrdn Asia Focus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
54.6% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 26.1% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
abrdn Asia Focus beats Jupiter Fund Management on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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