CLDN vs. JAM, HVPE, MRC, TEM, WWH, PNL, PHLL, FEV, CTY, and MYI
Should you be buying Caledonia Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Caledonia Investments include JPMorgan American Investment Trust (JAM), HarbourVest Global Priv Equity (HVPE), Mercantile (MRC), Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM), Worldwide Healthcare (WWH), Personal Assets (PNL), Petershill Partners (PHLL), Fidelity European Trust (FEV), City of London (CTY), and Murray International (MYI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) and Caledonia Investments (LON:CLDN) 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 analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 5 more articles in the media than Caledonia Investments. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for JPMorgan American and 0 mentions for Caledonia Investments. Caledonia Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat JPMorgan American's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caledonia Investments has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than Caledonia Investments. JPMorgan American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caledonia Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Caledonia Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JPMorgan American pays out 707.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Caledonia Investments pays out 2,969.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Caledonia Investments received 47 more outperform votes than JPMorgan American when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Caledonia Investments an outperform vote.
44.0% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.3% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of JPMorgan American shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 39.8% of Caledonia Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
JPMorgan American has a net margin of 96.44% compared to JPMorgan American's net margin of 75.54%. Caledonia Investments' return on equity of 13.31% beat JPMorgan American's return on equity.
Summary
JPMorgan American beats Caledonia Investments on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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