JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

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

Is CTY or JEDT a better dividend stock?

City of London pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. 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.

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

8.6% of City of London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of City of London shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CTY or JEDT 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
City of London	90.48%	6.52%	4.00%
JPMorgan European Discovery	79.57%	5.09%	3.09%

Does the media prefer CTY or JEDT?

In the previous week, City of London had 5 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for City of London and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. City of London's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that City of London is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
City of London	Neutral
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CTY or JEDT?

City of London has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Discovery. JPMorgan European Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than City of London, 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
City of London	£140.56M	14.95	£127.17M	£0.25	1,700.00
JPMorgan European Discovery	£49.74M	10.59	£39.58M	£0.26	1,690.81

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTY or JEDT?

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

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

Which has more risk and volatility, CTY or JEDT?

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

Summary

City of London beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.