CC Japan Income & Growth (CCJI) Competitors

CC Japan Income & Growth (LON:CCJI) and JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (LON:JPE) 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 CCJI or JPE more profitable?

CC Japan Income & Growth has a net margin of 95.50% compared to JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's net margin of 0.00%. CC Japan Income & Growth's return on equity of 22.45% beat JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CC Japan Income & Growth	95.50%	22.45%	N/A
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer CCJI or JPE?

In the previous week, CC Japan Income & Growth had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CC Japan Income & Growth and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. CC Japan Income & Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that CC Japan Income & Growth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CC Japan Income & Growth	Very Positive
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CCJI or JPE?

CC Japan Income & Growth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CC Japan Income & Growth, 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
CC Japan Income & Growth	£63.53M	3.92	£60.67M	£45.19	4.09
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth	£104.78M	0.00	N/A	£0.75	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCJI or JPE?

CC Japan Income & Growth received 49 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.63% of users gave CC Japan Income & Growth an outperform vote while only 62.73% of users gave JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CC Japan Income & Growth	Outperform Votes 118 77.63%	Underperform Votes 34 22.37%
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth	Outperform Votes 69 62.73%	Underperform Votes 41 37.27%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CCJI or JPE?

60.7% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CCJI or JPE a better dividend stock?

CC Japan Income & Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. CC Japan Income & Growth pays out 11.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays out 22.9% 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. CC Japan Income & Growth is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

CC Japan Income & Growth beats JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.