Thames Ventures VCT 1 (TV1) Competitors

Thames Ventures VCT 1 (LON:TV1) and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TV1 or JUSC?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Thames Ventures VCT 1. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies, 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
Thames Ventures VCT 1	-£3.64M	-20.02	-£6.72M	-£0.04	-1,055.00
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	£17.06M	17.03	£12.27M	£0.19	2,484.21

Which has more risk and volatility, TV1 or JUSC?

Thames Ventures VCT 1 has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TV1 or JUSC more profitable?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 71.91% compared to Thames Ventures VCT 1's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 4.52% beat Thames Ventures VCT 1's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Thames Ventures VCT 1	N/A	-7.72%	-4.77%
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	71.91%	4.52%	3.11%

Is TV1 or JUSC a better dividend stock?

Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Thames Ventures VCT 1 pays out -5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 1,578.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Thames Ventures VCT 1 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TV1 or JUSC?

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 95 more outperform votes than Thames Ventures VCT 1 when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Thames Ventures VCT 1	N/A	N/A
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Outperform Votes 95 64.63%	Underperform Votes 52 35.37%

Does the media prefer TV1 or JUSC?

In the previous week, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Thames Ventures VCT 1. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for Thames Ventures VCT 1. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Thames Ventures VCT 1's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Thames Ventures VCT 1	Neutral
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TV1 or JUSC?

27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Thames Ventures VCT 1 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats Thames Ventures VCT 1 on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.