JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) Competitors

abrdn (LON:ABDN) and JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is ABDN or JFJ a better dividend stock?

abrdn pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. abrdn pays out 85.3% 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 Japanese pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ABDN or JFJ?

38.2% of abrdn shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of abrdn shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor ABDN or JFJ?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Japanese had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese and 1 mentions for abrdn. abrdn's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat JPMorgan Japanese's score of 0.15 indicating that abrdn is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
abrdn	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
JPMorgan Japanese	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ABDN or JFJ?

abrdn currently has a consensus target price of GBX 195.60, indicating a potential downside of 0.89%. Given abrdn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe abrdn is more favorable than JPMorgan Japanese.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
JPMorgan Japanese	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ABDN or JFJ?

abrdn has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ABDN or JFJ?

abrdn has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Japanese. JPMorgan Japanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn, 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
abrdn	£1.49B	2.37	£316.36M	£17.59	11.22
JPMorgan Japanese	£198.16M	5.66	£194.81M	£118.41	5.76

Is ABDN or JFJ more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to abrdn's net margin of 21.19%. JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity of 19.70% beat abrdn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn	21.19%	6.46%	0.68%
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%

Summary

abrdn beats JPMorgan Japanese on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.