CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI) Competitors

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (LON:CCJI) and Montanaro European Smaller (LON:MTE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is CCJI or MTE a better dividend stock?

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Montanaro European Smaller pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CC Japan Income & Growth Trust 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. Montanaro European Smaller pays out 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.

Does the media favor CCJI or MTE?

In the previous week, CC Japan Income & Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Montanaro European Smaller. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for CC Japan Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Montanaro European Smaller. CC Japan Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Montanaro European Smaller's score of 0.00 indicating that CC Japan Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust	Very Positive
Montanaro European Smaller	Neutral

Do analysts rate CCJI or MTE?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Montanaro European Smaller	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CCJI or MTE?

Montanaro European Smaller has higher revenue and earnings than CC Japan Income & Growth Trust. Montanaro European Smaller is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CC Japan Income & Growth Trust, 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
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.09	2,122.22
Montanaro European Smaller	£32.81M	7.94	£29.02M	£0.18	763.89

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCJI or MTE?

60.7% of CC Japan Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.3% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.3% of CC Japan Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Montanaro European Smaller shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CCJI or MTE more profitable?

Montanaro European Smaller has a net margin of 88.47% compared to CC Japan Income & Growth Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Montanaro European Smaller's return on equity of 11.67% beat CC Japan Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Montanaro European Smaller	88.47%	11.67%	7.15%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCJI or MTE?

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust received 67 more outperform votes than Montanaro European Smaller when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.63% of users gave CC Japan Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Montanaro European Smaller an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CC Japan Income & Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 118 77.63%	Underperform Votes 34 22.37%
Montanaro European Smaller	Outperform Votes 51 59.30%	Underperform Votes 35 40.70%

Summary

CC Japan Income & Growth Trust beats Montanaro European Smaller on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.