abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI) Competitors

abrdn European Logistics Income (LON:ASLI) and JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

Is ASLI or JEDT a better dividend stock?

abrdn European Logistics Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. abrdn European Logistics Income pays out 199.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 216.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. abrdn European Logistics Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ASLI or JEDT more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to abrdn European Logistics Income's net margin of -166.76%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat abrdn European Logistics Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn European Logistics Income	-166.76%	-17.66%	1.88%
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%

Does the media favor ASLI or JEDT?

In the previous week, abrdn European Logistics Income had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for abrdn European Logistics Income and 1 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. abrdn European Logistics Income's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.75 indicating that abrdn European Logistics Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ASLI or JEDT?

abrdn European Logistics Income has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ASLI or JEDT?

16.1% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.0% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ASLI or JEDT?

JPMorgan European Discovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn European Logistics Income. abrdn European Logistics Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, 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
abrdn European Logistics Income	£29.05M	4.73	-£79.93M	£0.02	1,666.50
JPMorgan European Discovery	£11.37M	48.04	£97.08M	£0.05	11,383.10

Summary

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