Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD) Competitors

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (LON:BMD) and JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust (LON:JESC) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Is BMD or JESC a better dividend stock?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust pays out 345.9% 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 Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is BMD or JESC more profitable?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust has a net margin of 38.32% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's return on equity of 1.95% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	38.32%	1.95%	1.23%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BMD or JESC?

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead Second Venture Trust, 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
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	£11.82M	16.74	£4.53M	£1.16	43.67
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A

Does the media favor BMD or JESC?

In the previous week, Baronsmead Second Venture Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Baronsmead Second Venture Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. Baronsmead Second Venture Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Baronsmead Second Venture Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baronsmead Second Venture Trust	Very Positive
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Summary

Baronsmead Second Venture Trust beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.