JARB vs. CGEO, MSI, JAR, RFX, FIH, STRL, PHSC, VCBC, BASK, and RGP
Should you be buying Jardine Matheson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jardine Matheson include Georgia Capital (CGEO), MS INTERNATIONAL (MSI), Jardine Matheson (JAR), Ramsdens (RFX), FIH group (FIH), Stirling Industries (STRL), PHSC (PHSC), Vertu Capital (VCBC), Baskerville Capital (BASK), and Ross Group (RGP). These companies are all part of the "conglomerates" industry.
Jardine Matheson (LON:JARB) and Georgia Capital (LON:CGEO) are both small-cap conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Georgia Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Jardine Matheson. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Georgia Capital and 0 mentions for Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Georgia Capital's score of -0.04 indicating that Jardine Matheson is being referred to more favorably in the media.
19.7% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.4% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.5% of Jardine Matheson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Georgia Capital shares are owned by 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.
Jardine Matheson has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Georgia Capital has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Georgia Capital has a net margin of 96.37% compared to Jardine Matheson's net margin of 0.23%. Georgia Capital's return on equity of 5.63% beat Jardine Matheson's return on equity.
Jardine Matheson received 17 more outperform votes than Georgia Capital when rated by MarketBeat users.
Georgia Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jardine Matheson. Jardine Matheson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Georgia Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Georgia Capital beats Jardine Matheson on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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