EPE Special Opportunities (ESO) Competitors

EPE Special Opportunities (LON:ESO) and JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income (LON:JSGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Is ESO or JSGI more profitable?

JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income has a net margin of 88.53% compared to EPE Special Opportunities' net margin of -10.57%. JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income's return on equity of 4.67% beat EPE Special Opportunities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EPE Special Opportunities	-10.57%	-0.41%	0.41%
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income	88.53%	4.67%	2.33%

Which has better valuation & earnings, ESO or JSGI?

EPE Special Opportunities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income. EPE Special Opportunities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income, 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
EPE Special Opportunities	£3.75M	11.33	£12.80M	-£0.01	-15,000.00
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income	£10.36M	0.00	£9.17M	£0.17	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, ESO or JSGI?

EPE Special Opportunities has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ESO or JSGI?

EPE Special Opportunities received 104 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EPE Special Opportunities	Outperform Votes 104 67.97%	Underperform Votes 49 32.03%
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer ESO or JSGI?

In the previous week, EPE Special Opportunities had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for EPE Special Opportunities and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income. EPE Special Opportunities' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income's score of 0.00 indicating that EPE Special Opportunities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
EPE Special Opportunities	Very Positive
JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ESO or JSGI?

13.6% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.1% of EPE Special Opportunities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth & Income beats EPE Special Opportunities on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.