JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) Competitors

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) and Law Debenture (LON:LWDB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is JUSC or LWDB more profitable?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 71.91% compared to Law Debenture's net margin of 69.85%. Law Debenture's return on equity of 16.30% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	71.91%	4.52%	3.11%
Law Debenture	69.85%	16.30%	8.76%

Does the media favor JUSC or LWDB?

In the previous week, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies both had 1 articles in the media. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Law Debenture's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Law Debenture	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JUSC or LWDB?

Law Debenture has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. Law Debenture is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies, 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 US Smaller Companies	£17.06M	17.14	£12.27M	£0.19	2,500.00
Law Debenture	£201.31M	5.76	£140.61M	£1.08	817.59

Is JUSC or LWDB a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Law Debenture pays an annual dividend of GBX 32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 1,578.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Law Debenture pays out 2,963.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JUSC or LWDB?

27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Law Debenture shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Law Debenture shares are held 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 more risk & volatility, JUSC or LWDB?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Law Debenture has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JUSC or LWDB?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 16 more outperform votes than Law Debenture when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave Law Debenture an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 95 64.63%	Underperform Votes 52 35.37%
Law Debenture	Outperform Votes 79 64.75%	Underperform Votes 43 35.25%

Summary

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats Law Debenture on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.