JPMorgan American (JAM) Competitors

Pershing Square (LON:PSH) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSH or JAM?

JPMorgan American received 95 more outperform votes than Pershing Square when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pershing Square	N/A	N/A
JPMorgan American	Outperform Votes 95 65.07%	Underperform Votes 51 34.93%

Which has more risk & volatility, PSH or JAM?

Pershing Square has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSH or JAM more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Pershing Square's net margin of 79.14%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 25.80% beat Pershing Square's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pershing Square	79.14%	22.66%	11.83%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	25.80%	15.33%

Is PSH or JAM a better dividend stock?

Pershing Square pays an annual dividend of GBX 46 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Pershing Square pays out 436.4% 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 344.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation & earnings, PSH or JAM?

Pershing Square has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan American. Pershing Square 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
Pershing Square	£3.14B	2.03	£2.49B	£10.54	329.22
JPMorgan American	£434.58M	4.20	£424.07M	£2.32	437.07

Do analysts rate PSH or JAM?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pershing Square	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders believe in PSH or JAM?

6.6% of Pershing Square shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Pershing Square shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to PSH or JAM?

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 3 more articles in the media than Pershing Square. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JPMorgan American and 1 mentions for Pershing Square. Pershing Square's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat JPMorgan American's score of 0.00 indicating that Pershing Square is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pershing Square	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JPMorgan American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan American beats Pershing Square on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.