CC Japan Income & Growth (CCJI) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JFJ or CCJI?

JPMorgan Japanese has higher revenue and earnings than CC Japan Income & Growth. JPMorgan Japanese is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CC Japan Income & Growth, 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	£53.11M	20.97	£194.81M	£0.34	2,014.03
CC Japan Income & Growth	£2.15M	131.48	£60.67M	£0.00	1,050,000.00

Is JFJ or CCJI more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to CC Japan Income & Growth's net margin of 95.50%. CC Japan Income & Growth's return on equity of 22.45% beat JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%
CC Japan Income & Growth	95.50%	22.45%	N/A

Is JFJ or CCJI a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. CC Japan Income & Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 19.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CC Japan Income & Growth pays out 27,250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JFJ or CCJI?

18.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.6% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of CC Japan Income & Growth shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor JFJ or CCJI?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Japanese and JPMorgan Japanese both had 1 articles in the media. CC Japan Income & Growth's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat JPMorgan Japanese's score of 0.58 indicating that CC Japan Income & Growth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CC Japan Income & Growth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese beats CC Japan Income & Growth on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.