Albion Enterprise VCT (AAEV) Competitors

Albion Enterprise VCT (LON:AAEV) and JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, AAEV or JFJ?

Albion Enterprise VCT has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AAEV or JFJ?

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Albion Enterprise VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese 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.

Is AAEV or JFJ a better dividend stock?

Albion Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Albion Enterprise VCT pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Albion Enterprise VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AAEV or JFJ?

Albion Enterprise VCT received 4 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Japanese when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote while only 64.42% of users gave Albion Enterprise VCT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albion Enterprise VCT	Outperform Votes 67 64.42%	Underperform Votes 37 35.58%
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%

Does the media prefer AAEV or JFJ?

In the previous week, Albion Enterprise VCT had 4 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Japanese. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Albion Enterprise VCT and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese. Albion Enterprise VCT's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat JPMorgan Japanese's score of 0.00 indicating that Albion Enterprise VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Albion Enterprise VCT	Positive
JPMorgan Japanese	Neutral

Is AAEV or JFJ more profitable?

Albion Enterprise VCT has a net margin of 1,726.26% compared to JPMorgan Japanese's net margin of 98.31%. Albion Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 85.97% beat JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion Enterprise VCT	1,726.26%	85.97%	0.86%
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%

Which has better valuation & earnings, AAEV or JFJ?

Albion Enterprise VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan Japanese. Albion Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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
Albion Enterprise VCT	£14.60M	16.80	£252.09M	£112.32	0.97
JPMorgan Japanese	£198.16M	4.71	£194.81M	£118.41	4.80

Summary

Albion Enterprise VCT beats JPMorgan Japanese on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.