JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH) Competitors

Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) and JPMorgan Claverhouse (LON:JCH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is FEV or JCH a better dividend stock?

Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JPMorgan Claverhouse pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Claverhouse pays out 33.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FEV or JCH?

JPMorgan Claverhouse received 4 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave JPMorgan Claverhouse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Outperform Votes 66 64.71%	Underperform Votes 36 35.29%

Is FEV or JCH more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to JPMorgan Claverhouse's net margin of 92.61%. JPMorgan Claverhouse's return on equity of 14.30% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%
JPMorgan Claverhouse	92.61%	14.30%	8.21%

Does the media prefer FEV or JCH?

In the previous week, Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat JPMorgan Claverhouse's score of 1.66 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Fidelity European Trust	Very Positive
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, FEV or JCH?

Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Claverhouse has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in FEV or JCH?

69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, FEV or JCH?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Claverhouse. JPMorgan Claverhouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity European Trust, 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
Fidelity European Trust	£221.98M	7.22	£208.32M	£50.45	7.73
JPMorgan Claverhouse	£62.40M	6.59	£57.79M	£103.90	7.12

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats JPMorgan Claverhouse on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.