Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (BASC) Competitors

JPMorgan Indian (LON:JII) and Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies (LON:BASC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JII or BASC?

JPMorgan Indian received 72 more outperform votes than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Indian	Outperform Votes 72 50.35%	Underperform Votes 71 49.65%
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, JII or BASC?

JPMorgan Indian has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, JII or BASC?

JPMorgan Indian has higher revenue and earnings than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies. JPMorgan Indian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies, 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
JPMorgan Indian	£142.67M	4.74	£114.31M	£1.54	639.61
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	£12.15M	13.96	£9.50M	£0.80	1,787.50

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JII or BASC?

41.1% of JPMorgan Indian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.0% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of JPMorgan Indian shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JII or BASC more profitable?

JPMorgan Indian has a net margin of 80.12% compared to Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' net margin of 78.17%. JPMorgan Indian's return on equity of 15.06% beat Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Indian	80.12%	15.06%	10.97%
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	78.17%	5.60%	3.82%

Does the media prefer JII or BASC?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Indian and JPMorgan Indian both had 1 articles in the media. JPMorgan Indian's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies'average media sentiment score.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Indian	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan Indian beats Brown Advisory US Smaller Companies on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.