Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD) Competitors

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (LON:BMD) and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:JESC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is BMD or JESC a better dividend stock?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays out 345.9% 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 European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is BMD or JESC more profitable?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust has a net margin of 38.32% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's return on equity of 1.95% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	38.32%	1.95%	1.23%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BMD or JESC?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust received 8 more outperform votes than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.56% of users gave Baronsmead Second Venture Trust an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 64 73.56%	Underperform Votes 23 26.44%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 72 70.59%	Underperform Votes 30 29.41%

Does the media favor BMD or JESC?

In the previous week, Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BMD or JESC?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust, 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
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	£11.82M	16.90	£4.53M	£1.16	44.10
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A

Summary

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.