JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JEDT or QLT?

Quilter received 73 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Discovery	N/A	N/A
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JEDT or QLT?

59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JEDT or QLT more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.78%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat Quilter's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JEDT or QLT?

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quilter. JPMorgan European Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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	5.19	£97.08M	£83.52	5.73
Quilter	£6.38B	0.32	£49.61M	£3.72	41.68

Do analysts prefer JEDT or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than JPMorgan European Discovery.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan European Discovery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, JEDT or QLT?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JEDT or QLT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan European Discovery's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quilter'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral
Quilter	Neutral

Is JEDT or QLT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Quilter beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.