abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) and abrdn European Logistics Income (LON:ASLI) 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 earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, JMG or ASLI?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn European Logistics Income. abrdn European Logistics Income 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	£97.45M	12.98	£80.10M	£7.55	15.82
abrdn European Logistics Income	£47.93M	6.63	-£79.93M	-£13.43	-4.78

Is JMG or ASLI a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. abrdn European Logistics Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn European Logistics Income pays out -37.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. abrdn European Logistics Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is JMG or ASLI more profitable?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a net margin of 82.19% compared to abrdn European Logistics Income's net margin of -166.76%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity of 6.30% beat abrdn European Logistics Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
abrdn European Logistics Income	-166.76%	-17.66%	1.88%

Does the media refer more to JMG or ASLI?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn European Logistics Income. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 1 mentions for abrdn European Logistics Income. abrdn European Logistics Income's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' score of -0.10 indicating that abrdn European Logistics Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
abrdn European Logistics Income	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JMG or ASLI?

48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of abrdn European Logistics Income 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, JMG or ASLI?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn European Logistics Income has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan Emerging Markets beats abrdn European Logistics Income on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.