JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MNKS or JEDT?

20.4% of Monks shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Monks shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MNKS or JEDT?

Monks received 86 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Monks	Outperform Votes 86 64.18%	Underperform Votes 48 35.82%
JPMorgan European Discovery	N/A	N/A

Is MNKS or JEDT a better dividend stock?

Monks pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Monks pays out 0.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 13.2% 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.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, MNKS or JEDT?

Monks has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Discovery. Monks 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
Monks	£610.03M	3.42	£589.71M	£308.06	3.52
JPMorgan European Discovery	£106.93M	4.97	£97.08M	£83.52	5.48

Does the media prefer MNKS or JEDT?

In the previous week, Monks had 13 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Monks and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. Monks' average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that Monks is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Monks	Neutral
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral

Is MNKS or JEDT more profitable?

Monks has a net margin of 96.67% compared to JPMorgan European Discovery's net margin of 90.80%. Monks' return on equity of 24.08% beat JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Monks	96.67%	24.08%	9.21%
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%

Which has more risk and volatility, MNKS or JEDT?

Monks has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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