JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) and Herald (LON:HRI) 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 risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is JMG or HRI more profitable?

Herald has a net margin of 75.97% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 50.31%. Herald's return on equity of 3.77% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	50.31%	1.67%	1.55%
Herald	75.97%	3.77%	2.45%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JMG or HRI?

Herald has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Emerging Markets. Herald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerging Markets, 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 Emerging Markets	£45.04M	26.31	£22.66M	£0.02	5,242.80
Herald	£63.34M	18.01	£48.12M	£0.81	2,559.57

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JMG or HRI?

42.3% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.1% of Herald shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Herald shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, JMG or HRI?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JMG or HRI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Herald	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media prefer JMG or HRI?

In the previous week, Herald had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Herald and 2 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets. Herald's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' score of 1.13 indicating that Herald is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Herald	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JMG or HRI?

Herald received 25 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%
Herald	Outperform Votes 103 67.76%	Underperform Votes 49 32.24%

Summary

Herald beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.