JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (LON:JEMA) and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is JEMA or JAGI a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays out 3,333.3% 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 Asia Growth & Income pays out -32,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is JEMA or JAGI more profitable?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec has a net margin of 57.10% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of -171.38%. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's return on equity of 6.33% beat JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	57.10%	6.33%	4.19%
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	-171.38%	-0.55%	-0.23%

Which has better valuation and earnings, JEMA or JAGI?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec, 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 Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	£2.15M	37.15	£1.23M	£0.03	6,583.33
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	£1.27M	240.42	-£2.18M	-£0.05	-7,540.00

Does the media prefer JEMA or JAGI?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	Neutral
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JEMA or JAGI?

24.4% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.2% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JEMA or JAGI?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income both received 0 outperform votes by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	N/A	N/A
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, JEMA or JAGI?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.