Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

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

Is JCH or SHRS more profitable?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has a net margin of 92.61% compared to Shires Income's net margin of -216.15%. JPMorgan Claverhouse's return on equity of 14.39% beat Shires Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Claverhouse	92.61%	14.39%	8.21%
Shires Income	-216.15%	-1.58%	-0.15%

Does the media prefer JCH or SHRS?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Claverhouse's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Shires Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Neutral
Shires Income	Neutral

Is JCH or SHRS a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Claverhouse pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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. Shires Income pays out -35,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shires Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JCH or SHRS?

JPMorgan Claverhouse received 10 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave JPMorgan Claverhouse an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Outperform Votes 66 64.71%	Underperform Votes 36 35.29%
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%

Which has better earnings and valuation, JCH or SHRS?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has higher revenue and earnings than Shires Income. Shires Income 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	6.13	£59.70M	£1.03	673.79
Shires Income	£10.57M	9.24	-£1.47M	-£0.04	-5,900.00

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

8.8% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Shires Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Shires Income 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, JCH or SHRS?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan Claverhouse beats Shires Income on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.