JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) Competitors

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

Does the media favor JFJ or PCT?

In the previous week, Polar Capital Technology Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Japanese. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust and 1 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat JPMorgan Japanese's score of 1.02 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Polar Capital Technology Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JFJ or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Japanese. Polar Capital Technology Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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 Japanese	£198.16M	4.60	£194.81M	£118.41	4.69
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£1.24B	2.57	£1.20B	£101.86	2.66

Which has more risk & volatility, JFJ or PCT?

JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JFJ or PCT?

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JFJ or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust received 20 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Japanese when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote while only 64.34% of users gave Polar Capital Technology Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	Outperform Votes 83 64.34%	Underperform Votes 46 35.66%

Is JFJ or PCT more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to Polar Capital Technology Trust's net margin of 96.56%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	96.56%	30.54%	20.70%

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Polar Capital Technology Trust on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.