Foresight Enterprise VCT (FTF) Competitors

JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) and Foresight Enterprise VCT (LON:FTF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JEDT or FTF?

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Enterprise VCT. Foresight Enterprise VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, 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
JPMorgan European Discovery	£49.74M	10.59	£39.58M	£0.26	1,690.81
Foresight Enterprise VCT	£14.45M	9.43	£9.06M	£0.04	1,277.25

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JEDT or FTF?

Foresight Enterprise VCT received 177 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Discovery	N/A	N/A
Foresight Enterprise VCT	Outperform Votes 177 77.97%	Underperform Votes 50 22.03%

Does the media prefer JEDT or FTF?

In the previous week, Foresight Enterprise VCT had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Foresight Enterprise VCT and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. JPMorgan European Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Foresight Enterprise VCT's score of -1.04 indicating that JPMorgan European Discovery is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral
Foresight Enterprise VCT	Negative

Is JEDT or FTF a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Foresight Enterprise VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 4,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Foresight Enterprise VCT pays out 17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, JEDT or FTF?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Enterprise VCT has a beta of -0.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JEDT or FTF?

59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Foresight Enterprise VCT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JEDT or FTF more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 79.57% compared to Foresight Enterprise VCT's net margin of 62.68%. Foresight Enterprise VCT's return on equity of 5.90% beat JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Discovery	79.57%	5.09%	3.09%
Foresight Enterprise VCT	62.68%	5.90%	3.66%

Summary

JPMorgan European Discovery beats Foresight Enterprise VCT on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.