JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (LON:JLEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Is JTC or JLEN more profitable?

JTC has a net margin of 10.29% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. JTC's return on equity of 5.70% beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JTC or JLEN?

65.7% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.8% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are held by institutional investors. 7.3% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JTC or JLEN a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JTC pays out -269.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -355.7% 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. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, JTC or JLEN?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JLEN Environmental Assets Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JTC or JLEN?

In the previous week, JTC had 32 more articles in the media than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for JTC and 0 mentions for JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JTC's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's score of 0.00 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JTC	Neutral
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Neutral

Do analysts rate JTC or JLEN?

JTC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,208.33, indicating a potential downside of 9.78%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JTC is more favorable than JLEN Environmental Assets Group.

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JTC or JLEN?

JTC has higher revenue and earnings than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JTC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JLEN Environmental Assets Group, 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
JTC	£305.38M	7.45	£29.99M	-£0.04	-30,165.54
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£12.30M	-40.56	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-3,595.24

Summary

JTC beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.