JPMorgan American (JAM) Competitors

Intermediate Capital Group (LON:ICP) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ICP or JAM?

Intermediate Capital Group received 303 more outperform votes than JPMorgan American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Intermediate Capital Group an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Intermediate Capital Group	Outperform Votes 398 70.44%	Underperform Votes 167 29.56%
JPMorgan American	Outperform Votes 95 65.07%	Underperform Votes 51 34.93%

Is ICP or JAM more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Intermediate Capital Group's net margin of 56.78%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat Intermediate Capital Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intermediate Capital Group	56.78%	20.09%	4.57%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ICP or JAM?

JPMorgan American has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Intermediate Capital Group. Intermediate Capital Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan American, 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
Intermediate Capital Group	£831.60M	0.00	£409.10M	£0.77	N/A
JPMorgan American	£431.16M	3.81	£420.73M	£230.77	3.92

Does the media prefer ICP or JAM?

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 3 more articles in the media than Intermediate Capital Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan American and 0 mentions for Intermediate Capital Group. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Intermediate Capital Group's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Intermediate Capital Group	Neutral
JPMorgan American	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ICP or JAM?

70.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Intermediate Capital Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, ICP or JAM?

Intermediate Capital Group has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ICP or JAM a better dividend stock?

Intermediate Capital Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 78 per share. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Intermediate Capital Group pays out 10,129.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan American is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

JPMorgan American beats Intermediate Capital Group on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.