Bellevue Healthcare (BBH) Competitors

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) and Bellevue Healthcare (LON:BBH) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Does the media refer more to JFJ or BBH?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Japanese had 1 more articles in the media than Bellevue Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese and 0 mentions for Bellevue Healthcare. JPMorgan Japanese's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Bellevue Healthcare'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese	Neutral
Bellevue Healthcare	Neutral

Is JFJ or BBH a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Bellevue Healthcare pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bellevue Healthcare pays out -91.3% 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. Bellevue Healthcare is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is JFJ or BBH more profitable?

Bellevue Healthcare has a net margin of 169.10% compared to JPMorgan Japanese's net margin of 98.31%. JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity of 19.70% beat Bellevue Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%
Bellevue Healthcare	169.10%	-4.48%	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JFJ or BBH?

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than Bellevue Healthcare. Bellevue Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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 Japanese	£198.16M	5.68	£194.81M	£118.41	5.78
Bellevue Healthcare	-£9.60M	-29.85	-£16.23M	-£6.57	-17.67

Do institutionals & insiders believe in JFJ or BBH?

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Bellevue Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Bellevue Healthcare 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.

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Bellevue Healthcare on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.