JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JEDT or CTY?

City of London received 68 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Discovery	N/A	N/A
City of London	Outperform Votes 68 62.96%	Underperform Votes 40 37.04%

Does the media favor JEDT or CTY?

In the previous week, City of London had 11 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral
City of London	Neutral

Is JEDT or CTY a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 4,230.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. City of London pays out 8,400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JEDT or CTY?

59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.6% of City of London shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of City of London shares are held by company 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 stronger earnings & valuation, JEDT or CTY?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Discovery. City of London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, 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	£49.74M	10.71	£39.58M	£0.26	1,709.62
City of London	£140.56M	14.86	£127.17M	£0.25	1,689.98

Which has more volatility and risk, JEDT or CTY?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, City of London has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEDT or CTY more profitable?

City of London has a net margin of 90.48% compared to JPMorgan European Discovery's net margin of 79.57%. City of London's return on equity of 6.52% beat JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Discovery	79.57%	5.09%	3.09%
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%

Summary

City of London beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.