Albion Technology & Gen VCT (AATG) Competitors

Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and Albion Technology & Gen VCT (LON:AATG) 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 valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JUP or AATG?

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

Is JUP or AATG 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
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	62.22%	3.99%	2.17%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JUP or AATG?

Albion Technology & Gen VCT has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.63	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-69.25
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	£8.98M	14.23	£5.59M	£2.93	22.87

Do analysts rate JUP or AATG?

Jupiter Fund Management currently has a consensus price target of GBX 90.33, suggesting a potential downside of 24.72%. 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
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to JUP or AATG?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 10 more articles in the media than Albion Technology & Gen VCT. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 1 mentions for Albion Technology & Gen VCT. Albion Technology & Gen VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Jupiter Fund Management's score of 0.61 indicating that Albion Technology & Gen VCT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Albion Technology & Gen VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JUP or AATG a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Albion Technology & Gen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management and Albion Technology & Gen VCT tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.