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Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU) Competitors

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MTU vs. JII, OTV2, ESCT, SOI, BGFD, APAX, DGN, CORD, BRSC, and FEML

Should you be buying Montanaro UK Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies include JPMorgan Indian (JII), Octopus Titan VCT (OTV2), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), Schroder Oriental Income (SOI), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Asia Dragon (DGN), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), and Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies vs.

JPMorgan Indian (LON:JII) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

JPMorgan Indian received 3 more outperform votes than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.32% of users gave Montanaro UK Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 50.35% of users gave JPMorgan Indian an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
JPMorgan IndianOutperform Votes
72
50.35%
Underperform Votes
71
49.65%
Montanaro UK Smaller CompaniesOutperform Votes
69
68.32%
Underperform Votes
32
31.68%

JPMorgan Indian has higher revenue and earnings than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies. JPMorgan Indian is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Indian£142.67M4.93£114.31M£1.54664.94
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies£20.32M8.69£17.92M£0.11959.09

JPMorgan Indian has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 88.19% compared to JPMorgan Indian's net margin of 80.12%. JPMorgan Indian's return on equity of 15.06% beat Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JPMorgan Indian80.12% 15.06% 10.97%
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies 88.19%9.97%5.77%

In the previous week, JPMorgan Indian and JPMorgan Indian both had 1 articles in the media. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat JPMorgan Indian's score of 0.00 indicating that Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Indian
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

41.1% of JPMorgan Indian shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of JPMorgan Indian shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

JPMorgan Indian and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MTU vs. The Competition

MetricMontanaro UK Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£176.59M£1.13B£3.92B£2.10B
Dividend Yield4.36%4.66%4.44%5.04%
P/E Ratio959.09815.73432.771,939.08
Price / Sales8.691,490.192,222.48340,397.16
Price / Cash16.2066.0353.0429.47
Price / Book0.951.181.963.13
Net Income£17.92M£63.51M£441.67M£186.83M
7 Day Performance1.93%0.11%0.91%0.44%
1 Month PerformanceN/A2.34%4.14%2.72%
1 Year Performance6.35%10.56%15.53%163.97%

Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTU
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 105.50
+0.2%
N/A+7.2%£176.59M£20.32M959.09N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
JII
JPMorgan Indian
N/AGBX 1,010
+0.6%
N/A+11.3%£693.87M£142.67M655.84N/A
OTV2
Octopus Titan VCT
N/AGBX 45
+3.4%
N/A-26.8%£693M£-229,200,000.00-236.8430News Coverage
Gap Up
ESCT
The European Smaller Companies Trust
N/AGBX 175.40
+0.2%
N/A+11.2%£691.83M£97.50M835.24305News Coverage
SOI
Schroder Oriental Income
N/AGBX 277
+0.5%
N/A+14.3%£676.27M£-18,810,000.005,540.00180Positive News
BGFD
The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust
N/AGBX 755
+2.4%
N/A+9.3%£659.27M£9.55M3,595.24N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
APAX
Apax Global Alpha
N/AGBX 133.60
flat
N/A-12.7%£656.11M£67.10M1,484.44N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
DGN
Asia Dragon
N/AGBX 418
-0.2%
N/A+24.0%£654.25M£-36,340,000.00-995.24N/ANews Coverage
CORD
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure
N/AGBX 84.60
-1.6%
N/A+18.3%£647.80M£102.87M846.00N/A
BRSC
BlackRock Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 1,347.11
+1.3%
N/A+2.1%£634.49M£-25,360,000.00-1,981.04N/A
FEML
Fidelity Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 696
+1.3%
N/A+16.0%£634.06M£40.57M5,353.85N/A

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