JUSC vs. AGT, FCSS, CGT, FSV, N91, JPE, IEM, RICA, BBGI, and SAIN
Should you be buying JPMorgan US Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies include AVI Global Trust (AGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Ninety One Group (N91), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), and Scottish American Investment (SAIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies vs.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) and AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
AVI Global Trust has a net margin of 97.65% compared to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' net margin of 71.91%. AVI Global Trust's return on equity of 13.41% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies had 2 more articles in the media than AVI Global Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies and 1 mentions for AVI Global Trust. AVI Global Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' score of -0.58 indicating that AVI Global Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 85 more outperform votes than AVI Global Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave AVI Global Trust an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies an outperform vote.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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. AVI Global Trust pays out 1,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AVI Global Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.4% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AVI Global Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. AVI Global Trust 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.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AVI Global Trust beats JPMorgan US Smaller Companies on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUSC) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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