JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA) Competitors

BlackRock Smaller Companies (LON:BRSC) and JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (LON:JARA) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRSC or JARA?

BlackRock Smaller Companies received 62 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 62 61.39%	Underperform Votes 39 38.61%
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer BRSC or JARA?

In the previous week, BlackRock Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BlackRock Smaller Companies	Neutral
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, BRSC or JARA?

BlackRock Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BRSC or JARA?

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock Smaller Companies. BlackRock Smaller Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets, 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
BlackRock Smaller Companies	-£25.36M	-24.81	-£32.70M	-£0.68	-1,964.71
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	-£9.16M	-17.75	-£11.88M	-£0.05	-1,580.00

Is BRSC or JARA more profitable?

BlackRock Smaller Companies' return on equity of -4.53% beat JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BlackRock Smaller Companies	N/A	-4.53%	-2.39%
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	N/A	-5.66%	-3.14%

Is BRSC or JARA a better dividend stock?

BlackRock Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 42 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BlackRock Smaller Companies pays out -6,176.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets pays out -8,000.0% 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. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in BRSC or JARA?

39.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.8% of JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of BlackRock Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets beats BlackRock Smaller Companies on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.