Molten Ventures VCT (MVCT) Competitors

JPMorgan Claverhouse (LON:JCH) and Molten Ventures VCT (LON:MVCT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Is JCH or MVCT more profitable?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has a net margin of 92.61% compared to Molten Ventures VCT's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan Claverhouse's return on equity of 14.39% beat Molten Ventures VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Claverhouse	92.61%	14.39%	8.21%
Molten Ventures VCT	N/A	-2.23%	-1.38%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JCH or MVCT?

8.8% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molten Ventures VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, JCH or MVCT?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molten Ventures VCT has a beta of 0.1, meaning that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JCH or MVCT?

JPMorgan Claverhouse received 65 more outperform votes than Molten Ventures VCT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Molten Ventures VCT an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave JPMorgan Claverhouse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Outperform Votes 66 64.71%	Underperform Votes 36 35.29%
Molten Ventures VCT	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend JCH or MVCT?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan Claverhouse	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Molten Ventures VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is JCH or MVCT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Claverhouse pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Molten Ventures VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. JPMorgan Claverhouse pays out 3,398.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Molten Ventures VCT pays out -20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JCH or MVCT?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has higher revenue and earnings than Molten Ventures VCT. Molten Ventures VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Claverhouse, 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 Claverhouse	£64.46M	6.28	£59.70M	£1.03	689.32
Molten Ventures VCT	-£4.92M	-20.74	-£2.46M	-£0.01	-4,200.00

Does the media prefer JCH or MVCT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Claverhouse had 2 more articles in the media than Molten Ventures VCT. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Claverhouse and 0 mentions for Molten Ventures VCT. JPMorgan Claverhouse's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Molten Ventures VCT's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Claverhouse is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Positive
Molten Ventures VCT	Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan Claverhouse beats Molten Ventures VCT on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.