Record (REC) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to JUP or REC?

In the previous week, Record had 55 more articles in the media than Jupiter Fund Management. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Record and 5 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Record's score of 0.10 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Fund Management	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Record	6 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	31 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, JUP or REC?

Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Record has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in JUP or REC?

46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.4% of Record shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 66.6% of Record 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JUP or REC?

Jupiter Fund Management received 428 more outperform votes than Record when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.15% of users gave Record 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%
Record	Outperform Votes 182 76.15%	Underperform Votes 57 23.85%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JUP or REC?

Record has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, 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
Jupiter Fund Management	£361.50M	1.22	-£8.90M	-£0.02	-4,290.00
Record	£45.38M	2.25	£9.27M	£0.05	1,060.00

Is JUP or REC more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 20.43% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.46%. Record's return on equity of 32.37% 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%
Record	20.43%	32.37%	25.14%

Do analysts prefer JUP or REC?

Jupiter Fund Management presently 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 possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Record.

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
Record	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is JUP or REC a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Record pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Record beats Jupiter Fund Management on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.