JAM vs. STJ, ICP, MNG, SDRC, SDR, FCIT, HL, PCT, ATST, and ABDN
Should you be buying JPMorgan American stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan American include St. James's Place (STJ), Intermediate Capital Group (ICP), M&G (MNG), Schroders (SDRC), Schroders (SDR), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan American vs. Its Competitors
St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, St. James's Place had 11 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for St. James's Place and 2 mentions for JPMorgan American. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat JPMorgan American's score of 0.30 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.
St. James's Place currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,443.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.10%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than JPMorgan American.
St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% 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.
JPMorgan American has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
St. James's Place beats JPMorgan American on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JAM) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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