Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) Competitors

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:JESC) and Harmony Energy Income Trust (LON:HEIT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JESC or HEIT?

74.3% of Harmony Energy Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Harmony Energy Income Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JESC or HEIT more profitable?

Harmony Energy Income Trust has a net margin of 106.46% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity of 0.00% beat Harmony Energy Income Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Harmony Energy Income Trust	106.46%	-14.61%	-7.49%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JESC or HEIT?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust received 65 more outperform votes than Harmony Energy Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.78% of users gave Harmony Energy Income Trust an outperform vote while only 70.59% of users gave JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Outperform Votes 72 70.59%	Underperform Votes 30 29.41%
Harmony Energy Income Trust	Outperform Votes 7 77.78%	Underperform Votes 2 22.22%

Is JESC or HEIT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Harmony Energy Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harmony Energy Income Trust pays out -53.3% 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. Harmony Energy Income Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, JESC or HEIT?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Harmony Energy Income Trust. Harmony Energy Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies 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
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A
Harmony Energy Income Trust	-£31.97M	-6.27	-£34.03M	-£15.01	-5.88

Does the media prefer JESC or HEIT?

In the previous week, Harmony Energy Income Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Harmony Energy Income Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. Harmony Energy Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Harmony Energy Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
Harmony Energy Income Trust	Positive

Summary

Harmony Energy Income Trust beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.