CC Japan Income & Growth (CCJI) Competitors

Ruffer Investment (LON:RICA) and CC Japan Income & Growth (LON:CCJI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.

Does the media favor RICA or CCJI?

In the previous week, CC Japan Income & Growth had 1 more articles in the media than Ruffer Investment. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CC Japan Income & Growth and 0 mentions for Ruffer Investment. CC Japan Income & Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Ruffer Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that CC Japan Income & Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ruffer Investment	Neutral
CC Japan Income & Growth	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RICA or CCJI?

CC Japan Income & Growth received 21 more outperform votes than Ruffer Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.63% of users gave CC Japan Income & Growth an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave Ruffer Investment an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ruffer Investment	Outperform Votes 97 63.82%	Underperform Votes 55 36.18%
CC Japan Income & Growth	Outperform Votes 118 77.63%	Underperform Votes 34 22.37%

Do analysts rate RICA or CCJI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ruffer Investment	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
CC Japan Income & Growth	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is RICA or CCJI a better dividend stock?

Ruffer Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. CC Japan Income & Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ruffer Investment pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CC Japan Income & Growth pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CC Japan Income & Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is RICA or CCJI more profitable?

Ruffer Investment has a net margin of 51.94% compared to CC Japan Income & Growth's net margin of 0.00%. Ruffer Investment's return on equity of 0.96% beat CC Japan Income & Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ruffer Investment	51.94%	0.96%	0.45%
CC Japan Income & Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, RICA or CCJI?

Ruffer Investment has higher revenue and earnings than CC Japan Income & Growth. CC Japan Income & Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ruffer Investment, 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
Ruffer Investment	£19.58M	48.48	£10.17M	£0.03	9,116.67
CC Japan Income & Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.09	1,955.56

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RICA or CCJI?

43.3% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ruffer Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.3% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CC Japan Income & Growth beats Ruffer Investment on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.