JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) and HarbourVest Global Private Equity (LON:HVPE) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JEDT or HVPE?

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than HarbourVest Global Private Equity. JPMorgan European Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HarbourVest Global Private Equity, 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 European Discovery	£106.93M	5.38	£97.08M	£83.52	5.94
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	£32.28M	69.49	£12.26M	£10.63	228.19

Is JEDT or HVPE more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to HarbourVest Global Private Equity's net margin of 37.99%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat HarbourVest Global Private Equity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	37.99%	0.26%	2.14%

Which has more risk and volatility, JEDT or HVPE?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HarbourVest Global Private Equity has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JEDT or HVPE?

59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.0% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of HarbourVest Global Private Equity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to JEDT or HVPE?

In the previous week, HarbourVest Global Private Equity's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that HarbourVest Global Private Equity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JEDT or HVPE?

HarbourVest Global Private Equity received 63 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Discovery	N/A	N/A
HarbourVest Global Private Equity	Outperform Votes 63 63.64%	Underperform Votes 36 36.36%

Summary

JPMorgan European Discovery beats HarbourVest Global Private Equity on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.