JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Competitors

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

Is AJB or JLEN a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -40,000.0% 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.

Does the media prefer AJB or JLEN?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 1 more articles in the media than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for JLEN Environmental Assets Group. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JLEN Environmental Assets Group'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Neutral
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Neutral

Is AJB or JLEN more profitable?

AJ Bell has a net margin of 33.14% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%

Do analysts prefer AJB or JLEN?

AJ Bell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 495, indicating a potential downside of 2.75%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than JLEN Environmental Assets Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
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 more risk & volatility, AJB or JLEN?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AJB or JLEN?

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AJB or JLEN?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	8.58	£81.11M	£19.55	26.03
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£3.83M	-138.35	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-4,005.00

Summary

AJ Bell beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.