Manchester & London (MNL) Competitors

Manchester & London (LON:MNL) and JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is MNL or JFJ more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to Manchester & London's net margin of 95.89%. Manchester & London's return on equity of 39.92% beat JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manchester & London	95.89%	39.92%	27.70%
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%

Is MNL or JFJ a better dividend stock?

Manchester & London pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Manchester & London pays out 4.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 5.9% 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. Manchester & London is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MNL or JFJ?

59.7% of Manchester & London shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Manchester & London shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MNL or JFJ?

In the previous week, Manchester & London had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Japanese. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Manchester & London and 1 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese. Manchester & London's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat JPMorgan Japanese's score of 1.02 indicating that Manchester & London is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manchester & London	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
JPMorgan Japanese	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MNL or JFJ?

Manchester & London received 14 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Japanese when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Manchester & London an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manchester & London	Outperform Votes 77 68.75%	Underperform Votes 35 31.25%
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, MNL or JFJ?

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than Manchester & London. Manchester & London is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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
Manchester & London	£125.20M	1.70	£120.05M	£300.65	1.78
JPMorgan Japanese	£198.16M	4.60	£194.81M	£118.41	4.69

Which has more risk & volatility, MNL or JFJ?

Manchester & London has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Manchester & London on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.