CT Private Equity Trust (CTPE) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and CT Private Equity Trust (LON:CTPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is JTC or CTPE a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. CT Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CT Private Equity Trust pays out 372.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts prefer JTC or CTPE?

JTC presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,275, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than CT Private Equity Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CT Private Equity Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, JTC or CTPE?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CT Private Equity Trust has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JTC or CTPE more profitable?

CT Private Equity Trust has a net margin of 59.97% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. JTC's return on equity of 5.70% beat CT Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
CT Private Equity Trust	59.97%	1.10%	1.91%

Does the media prefer JTC or CTPE?

In the previous week, JTC had 18 more articles in the media than CT Private Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for JTC and 1 mentions for CT Private Equity Trust. CT Private Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat JTC's score of 0.42 indicating that CT Private Equity Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JTC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CT Private Equity Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, JTC or CTPE?

JTC has higher revenue and earnings than CT Private Equity Trust. JTC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CT Private Equity 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
JTC	£291.42M	5.40	£29.99M	£17.83	52.44
CT Private Equity Trust	£9.01M	39.48	£5.40M	£7.51	66.01

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JTC or CTPE?

74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of CT Private Equity Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JTC beats CT Private Equity Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.