JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI) Competitors

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) and AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the media refer more to JAGI or AGT?

In the previous week, AVI Global Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AVI Global Trust and 1 mentions for JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's score of 1.53 indicating that AVI Global Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AVI Global Trust	3 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 preferable valuation and earnings, JAGI or AGT?

AVI Global Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. AVI Global Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Asia 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
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	£41.43M	6.98	£35.93M	£49.11	8.04
AVI Global Trust	£219.59M	5.16	£215.81M	£49.82	5.24

Which has more volatility and risk, JAGI or AGT?

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JAGI or AGT?

29.9% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of AVI Global Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AVI Global Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JAGI or AGT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AVI Global Trust pays out 8.0% 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.

Is JAGI or AGT more profitable?

AVI Global Trust has a net margin of 98.28% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of 86.71%. AVI Global Trust's return on equity of 20.08% beat JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	86.71%	12.22%	-0.23%
AVI Global Trust	98.28%	20.08%	7.00%

Summary

AVI Global Trust beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.