JPMorgan American (JAM) Competitors

JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) and St. James's Place (LON:STJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Is JAM or STJ a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JAM or STJ?

53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, JAM or STJ?

JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JAM or STJ?

St. James's Place has a consensus price target of GBX 1,295, suggesting a potential upside of 8.96%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is JAM or STJ more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%

Does the media prefer JAM or STJ?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for St. James's Place and 5 mentions for JPMorgan American. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.39 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JAM or STJ?

JPMorgan American has higher earnings, but lower revenue than St. James's Place. St. James's Place 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
JPMorgan American	£431.16M	4.36	£420.73M	£230.77	4.49
St. James's Place	£26.27B	0.24	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-996.13

Summary

JPMorgan American and St. James's Place tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.