JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) Competitors

Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EDIN or JUSC?

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. Edinburgh Investment 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
Edinburgh Investment	£141.19M	7.77	£131.71M	£0.83	886.75
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	£17.06M	17.07	£12.27M	£0.19	2,489.47

Is EDIN or JUSC more profitable?

Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 93.28% compared to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' net margin of 71.91%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 11.58% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Edinburgh Investment	93.28%	11.58%	6.69%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	71.91%	4.52%	3.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EDIN or JUSC?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 9 more outperform votes than Edinburgh Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Edinburgh Investment	Outperform Votes 86 64.66%	Underperform Votes 47 35.34%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 95 64.63%	Underperform Votes 52 35.37%

Does the media prefer EDIN or JUSC?

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 0 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. Edinburgh Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that Edinburgh Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Edinburgh Investment	Positive
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in EDIN or JUSC?

23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, EDIN or JUSC?

Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EDIN or JUSC a better dividend stock?

Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 3,373.5% 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 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.

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats JPMorgan US Smaller Companies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.