Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT) Competitors

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) and Baronsmead Venture Trust (LON:BVT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, JFJ or BVT?

JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baronsmead Venture Trust has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JFJ or BVT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 777.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baronsmead Venture Trust pays out 40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is JFJ or BVT more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 105.84% compared to Baronsmead Venture Trust's net margin of 52.96%. JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity of 16.19% beat Baronsmead Venture Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese	105.84%	16.19%	8.06%
Baronsmead Venture Trust	52.96%	2.24%	1.39%

Does the media refer more to JFJ or BVT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Japanese had 3 more articles in the media than Baronsmead Venture Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan Japanese and 0 mentions for Baronsmead Venture Trust. JPMorgan Japanese's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Baronsmead Venture Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Japanese is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese	Neutral
Baronsmead Venture Trust	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of JFJ or BVT?

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Baronsmead Venture Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JFJ or BVT?

JPMorgan Japanese and Baronsmead Venture Trust both received 63 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave Baronsmead Venture Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%
Baronsmead Venture Trust	Outperform Votes 63 67.02%	Underperform Votes 31 32.98%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JFJ or BVT?

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than Baronsmead Venture Trust. JPMorgan Japanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baronsmead 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
JPMorgan Japanese	£125.52M	6.72	£132.85M	£0.90	653.33
Baronsmead Venture Trust	£8.85M	22.73	£4.69M	£0.01	5,200.00

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats Baronsmead Venture Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.