JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI) Competitors

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) and Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, JAGI or EDIN?

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JAGI or EDIN?

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. Edinburgh Investment 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	6.58	£35.93M	£49.11	7.57
Edinburgh Investment	£189.32M	5.70	£180.50M	£124.99	5.97

Does the media prefer JAGI or EDIN?

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 2 mentions for JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Edinburgh Investment's score of 0.07 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Edinburgh Investment	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is JAGI or EDIN a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% 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.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JAGI or EDIN?

29.9% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 11.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JAGI or EDIN more profitable?

Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 95.34% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of 86.71%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 16.15% 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%
Edinburgh Investment	95.34%	16.15%	6.69%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JAGI or EDIN?

Edinburgh Investment received 86 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	N/A	N/A
Edinburgh Investment	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.