JUP vs. WTAN, BRW, JTC, FEV, SNN, PIN, RAT, BHMG, BNKR, and HRI
Should you be buying Jupiter Fund Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Jupiter Fund Management include Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), Brewin Dolphin (BRW), JTC (JTC), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), Sanne Group (SNN), Pantheon International (PIN), Rathbones Group (RAT), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), The Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), and Herald (HRI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Jupiter Fund Management vs.
Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and Witan Investment Trust (LON:WTAN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Witan Investment Trust has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Witan Investment Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Witan Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 2 more articles in the media than Witan Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 0 mentions for Witan Investment Trust. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Witan Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Jupiter Fund Management received 516 more outperform votes than Witan Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.63% of users gave Witan Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote.
46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Witan Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Witan Investment Trust has a net margin of 89.43% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.46%. Witan Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.68% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.
Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Witan Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Witan Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jupiter Fund Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Jupiter Fund Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 87.40, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Witan Investment Trust.
Summary
Jupiter Fund Management beats Witan Investment Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUP) was last updated on 2/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
