JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI) Competitors

JPMorgan European Growth & Income (LON:JEGI) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Is JEGI or AJB more profitable?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a net margin of 92.01% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	92.01%	14.20%	9.07%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, JEGI or AJB?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JEGI or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus target price of GBX 501, suggesting a potential downside of 3.09%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than JPMorgan European Growth & Income.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is JEGI or AJB a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays out 30.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% 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. JPMorgan European Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JEGI or AJB?

45.0% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, JEGI or AJB?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. JPMorgan European Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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 Growth & Income	£76.68M	7.03	£70.55M	£16.56	7.67
AJ Bell	£244.77M	8.71	£81.11M	£19.55	26.44

Does the media prefer JEGI or AJB?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AJ Bell and 2 mentions for JPMorgan European Growth & Income. JPMorgan European Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat AJ Bell's score of 1.05 indicating that JPMorgan European Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AJ Bell	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AJ Bell beats JPMorgan European Growth & Income on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.