APAX vs. JEDT, ESCT, VOF, TMPL, BRSC, GCP, JFJ, NBPE, BGFD, and SEIT
Should you be buying Apax Global Alpha stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apax Global Alpha include JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (JEDT), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opp Fund (VOF), Temple Bar (TMPL), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), The Baillie Gifford Japan Trust (BGFD), and SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) and JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Apax Global Alpha received 76 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.
JPMorgan European Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Apax Global Alpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 71.30% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 4.17% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.
11.7% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 14.1% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 1 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. Apax Global Alpha's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan European Discovery'saverage media sentiment score.
Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Apax Global Alpha pays out -24,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apax Global Alpha is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
JPMorgan European Discovery beats Apax Global Alpha on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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