JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) Competitors

ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, ICGT or JUSC?

ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ICGT or JUSC?

ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. ICG Enterprise 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ICG Enterprise Trust	£117.70M	7.39	£32.56M	£1.64	842.44
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	£29.29M	7.89	£11.79M	£0.45	884.29

Is ICGT or JUSC more profitable?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 71.91% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 4.45% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	71.91%	4.45%	3.11%

Does the media refer more to ICGT or JUSC?

In the previous week, ICG Enterprise Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. ICG Enterprise Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that ICG Enterprise Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ICG Enterprise Trust	Very Positive
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Is ICGT or JUSC a better dividend stock?

ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ICGT or JUSC?

18.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.9% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats JPMorgan US Smaller Companies on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.