Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT) Competitors

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

Is BVT or JESC more profitable?

Baronsmead Venture Trust has a net margin of 52.96% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Baronsmead Venture Trust's return on equity of 2.24% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baronsmead Venture Trust	52.96%	2.24%	1.39%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer BVT or JESC?

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BVT or JESC?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust received 9 more outperform votes than Baronsmead Venture Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.59% of users gave JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Baronsmead Venture Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baronsmead Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 63 67.02%	Underperform Votes 31 32.98%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 72 70.59%	Underperform Votes 30 29.41%

Which has better earnings and valuation, BVT or JESC?

Baronsmead 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 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 Venture Trust	£8.85M	22.73	£4.69M	£0.01	5,200.00
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A

Is BVT or JESC a better dividend stock?

Baronsmead Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays out 40,000.0% 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.

Summary

Baronsmead Venture Trust and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust tied by winning 5 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.