JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) Competitors

JZ Capital Partners (LON:JZCP) and The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (LON:BGFD) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Is JZCP or BGFD more profitable?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a net margin of 191.87% compared to JZ Capital Partners' net margin of 0.00%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's return on equity of 2.40% beat JZ Capital Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JZ Capital Partners	N/A	-9.39%	-3.39%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	191.87%	2.40%	0.31%

Does the media prefer JZCP or BGFD?

In the previous week, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JZ Capital Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust and 0 mentions for JZ Capital Partners. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat JZ Capital Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JZ Capital Partners	Neutral
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, JZCP or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JZ Capital Partners. JZ Capital Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, 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
JZ Capital Partners	-£14.27M	-10.80	-£31.82M	-£0.33	-603.03
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	£9.55M	64.28	£18.32M	£0.21	3,347.62

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JZCP or BGFD?

56.8% of JZ Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.4% of JZ Capital Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend JZCP or BGFD?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JZ Capital Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, JZCP or BGFD?

JZ Capital Partners has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JZCP or BGFD a better dividend stock?

JZ Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.6%. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. JZ Capital Partners pays out -7,575.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust pays out 4,761.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JZ Capital Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JZCP or BGFD?

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust received 6 more outperform votes than JZ Capital Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.75% of users gave JZ Capital Partners an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JZ Capital Partners	Outperform Votes 64 62.75%	Underperform Votes 38 37.25%
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 70 58.33%	Underperform Votes 50 41.67%

Summary

The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust beats JZ Capital Partners on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.