JTC vs. AJB, RAT, BHMG, BNKR, MYI, QLT, PIN, ASHM, WTAN, and FEV
Should you be buying JTC stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JTC include AJ Bell (AJB), Rathbones Group (RAT), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Bankers (BNKR), Murray International (MYI), Quilter (QLT), Pantheon International (PIN), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Witan Investment Trust (WTAN), and Fidelity European Trust (FEV). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
AJ Bell (LON:AJB) and JTC (LON:JTC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
AJ Bell has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JTC has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AJ Bell has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JTC. AJ Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AJ Bell pays out 6,470.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JTC pays out 5,882.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
49.3% of AJ Bell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. 33.2% of AJ Bell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, JTC had 9 more articles in the media than AJ Bell. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for JTC and 4 mentions for AJ Bell. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat JTC's score of -0.07 indicating that JTC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JTC received 31 more outperform votes than AJ Bell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.44% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 42.35% of users gave AJ Bell an outperform vote.
AJ Bell has a net margin of 31.40% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 11.11%. JTC's return on equity of 45.57% beat AJ Bell's return on equity.
AJ Bell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 390.25, indicating a potential upside of 12.14%. JTC has a consensus price target of GBX 940, indicating a potential upside of 4.79%. Given JTC's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than JTC.
Summary
JTC beats AJ Bell on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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