Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG) Competitors

Albion Technology & Gen VCT (LON:AATG) and Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Is AATG or JUP a better dividend stock?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Albion Technology & Gen VCT pays out 136.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jupiter Fund Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AATG or JUP?

46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Albion Technology & Gen VCT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AATG or JUP more profitable?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT has a net margin of 62.22% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. Albion Technology & Gen VCT's return on equity of 3.99% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	62.22%	3.99%	2.17%
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%

Do analysts prefer AATG or JUP?

Jupiter Fund Management has a consensus target price of GBX 90.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.26%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Albion Technology & Gen VCT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings & valuation, AATG or JUP?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albion Technology & Gen VCT, 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
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	£8.98M	14.55	£5.59M	£2.93	23.39
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.38	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-58.75

Does the media prefer AATG or JUP?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 1 more articles in the media than Albion Technology & Gen VCT. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 0 mentions for Albion Technology & Gen VCT. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Albion Technology & Gen VCT's score of 0.67 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	Positive
Jupiter Fund Management	Positive

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management beats Albion Technology & Gen VCT on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.