Kings Arms Yard VCT (KAY) Competitors

Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and Kings Arms Yard VCT (LON:KAY) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, JUP or KAY?

Kings Arms Yard VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jupiter Fund Management.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jupiter Fund Management	£361.50M	1.22	-£8.90M	-£0.02	-4,290.00
Kings Arms Yard VCT	£4.80M	22.36	£2.14M	N/A	N/A

Is JUP or KAY a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Kings Arms Yard VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to JUP or KAY?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 5 more articles in the media than Kings Arms Yard VCT. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 0 mentions for Kings Arms Yard VCT. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Kings Arms Yard VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Fund Management	Positive
Kings Arms Yard VCT	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JUP or KAY?

46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Kings Arms Yard VCT shares are held 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, JUP or KAY?

Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kings Arms Yard VCT has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its share price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JUP or KAY more profitable?

Kings Arms Yard VCT has a net margin of 44.46% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.46%. Kings Arms Yard VCT's return on equity of 2.04% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.46%	-1.08%	4.00%
Kings Arms Yard VCT	44.46%	2.04%	1.27%

Do analysts recommend JUP or KAY?

Jupiter Fund Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 89.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.02%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Kings Arms Yard VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jupiter Fund Management	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
Kings Arms Yard VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JUP or KAY?

Jupiter Fund Management received 521 more outperform votes than Kings Arms Yard VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.42% of users gave Kings Arms Yard VCT an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jupiter Fund Management	Outperform Votes 610 59.86%	Underperform Votes 409 40.14%
Kings Arms Yard VCT	Outperform Votes 89 67.42%	Underperform Votes 43 32.58%

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management beats Kings Arms Yard VCT on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.