JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) 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 dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is JMG or JUSC more profitable?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a net margin of 82.19% compared to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' net margin of 71.91%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity of 6.30% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	71.91%	4.45%	3.11%

Does the media favor JMG or JUSC?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 1 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' score of 0.17 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	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 better valuation & earnings, JMG or JUSC?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. JPMorgan Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets	£97.45M	12.30	£80.10M	£7.55	15.00
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	£16.39M	17.17	£11.79M	£19.50	23.85

Is JMG or JUSC a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 15.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JMG or JUSC?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 17 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 95 64.63%	Underperform Votes 52 35.37%

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

48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, JMG or JUSC?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.