M&G Credit Income Investment (MGCI) Competitors

JPMorgan European Growth & Income (LON:JETG) and M&G Credit Income Investment (LON:MGCI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

Is JETG or MGCI a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share. M&G Credit Income Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&G Credit Income Investment pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is JETG or MGCI more profitable?

M&G Credit Income Investment has a net margin of 88.81% compared to JPMorgan European Growth & Income's net margin of 0.00%. M&G Credit Income Investment's return on equity of 10.78% beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	N/A	N/A	N/A
M&G Credit Income Investment	88.81%	10.78%	6.00%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JETG or MGCI?

M&G Credit Income Investment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. JPMorgan European Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&G Credit Income Investment, 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 European Growth & Income	£82.99M	0.00	N/A	£108.70	N/A
M&G Credit Income Investment	£17.36M	8.23	£15.42M	£10.49	9.19

Does the media favor JETG or MGCI?

In the previous week, M&G Credit Income Investment had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for M&G Credit Income Investment and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Growth & Income. M&G Credit Income Investment's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's score of 0.00 indicating that M&G Credit Income Investment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	Neutral
M&G Credit Income Investment	Very Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JETG or MGCI?

58.6% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of M&G Credit Income Investment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JETG or MGCI?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income received 42 more outperform votes than M&G Credit Income Investment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave M&G Credit Income Investment an outperform vote while only 66.15% of users gave JPMorgan European Growth & Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	Outperform Votes 43 66.15%	Underperform Votes 22 33.85%
M&G Credit Income Investment	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

M&G Credit Income Investment beats JPMorgan European Growth & Income on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.