JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Competitors

JLEN Environmental Assets Group (LON:JLEN) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JLEN or QLT?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£3.83M	-126.78	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-3,670.00
Quilter	£6.38B	0.27	£49.61M	£3.72	35.36

Is JLEN or QLT more profitable?

Quilter has a net margin of 0.78% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Is JLEN or QLT a better dividend stock?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JLEN or QLT?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group received 8 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.79% of users gave JLEN Environmental Assets Group an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Outperform Votes 81 62.79%	Underperform Votes 48 37.21%
Quilter	Outperform Votes 73 60.83%	Underperform Votes 47 39.17%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JLEN or QLT?

39.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by 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 refer more to JLEN or QLT?

In the previous week, JLEN Environmental Assets Group's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Quilter's score of 1.19 indicating that JLEN Environmental Assets Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Positive
Quilter	Positive

Do analysts prefer JLEN or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 2.66%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quilter is more favorable than JLEN Environmental Assets Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility and risk, JLEN or QLT?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quilter beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.