JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI) Competitors

Personal Assets (LON:PNL) and JPMorgan European Growth & Income (LON:JEGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PNL or JEGI?

46.0% of Personal Assets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Personal Assets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PNL or JEGI?

Personal Assets received 108 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	N/A	N/A

Which has better earnings and valuation, PNL or JEGI?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets. JPMorgan European Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, 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
Personal Assets	£66.59M	24.22	£44.26M	£0.12	4,129.17
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	£79.51M	5.27	£73.98M	£0.17	576.47

Is PNL or JEGI a better dividend stock?

Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Personal Assets pays out 5,000.0% 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 Growth & Income pays out 2,941.2% 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 Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is PNL or JEGI more profitable?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a net margin of 93.04% compared to Personal Assets' net margin of 66.46%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income's return on equity of 15.32% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Personal Assets	66.46%	2.49%	1.96%
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	93.04%	15.32%	9.07%

Does the media refer more to PNL or JEGI?

In the previous week, Personal Assets had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Growth & Income. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Personal Assets	Positive
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, PNL or JEGI?

Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, meaning that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan European Growth & Income beats Personal Assets on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.