JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JMG or ATST?

Alliance Trust received 32 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%
Alliance Trust	Outperform Votes 110 73.33%	Underperform Votes 40 26.67%

Does the media favor JMG or ATST?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 3 more articles in the media than Alliance Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 0 mentions for Alliance Trust. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Alliance Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Emerging Markets is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Positive
Alliance Trust	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, JMG or ATST?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JMG or ATST more profitable?

Alliance Trust has a net margin of 92.17% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 82.19%. Alliance Trust's return on equity of 17.93% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
Alliance Trust	92.17%	17.93%	10.95%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JMG or ATST?

48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is JMG or ATST a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Emerging Markets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JMG or ATST?

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Emerging Markets. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerging Markets, 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 Emerging Markets	£97.45M	10.67	£80.10M	£7.55	13.00
Alliance Trust	£652.76M	0.00	£601.66M	£2.12	N/A

Summary

Alliance Trust beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.