Foresight Group (FSG) Competitors

JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) and Foresight Group (LON:FSG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.

Is JAM or FSG a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Foresight Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 31 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Foresight Group pays out 140.3% 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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JAM or FSG?

53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Foresight Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Foresight Group shares are owned 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.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, JAM or FSG?

JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than Foresight Group. JPMorgan American is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Foresight Group, 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 American	£431.16M	4.36	£420.73M	£230.77	4.50
Foresight Group	£136.55M	3.82	£25.54M	£22.09	20.52

Do analysts rate JAM or FSG?

Foresight Group has a consensus target price of GBX 580, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given Foresight Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Foresight Group is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Foresight Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor JAM or FSG?

In the previous week, Foresight Group had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Foresight Group and 1 mentions for JPMorgan American. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Foresight Group's score of 0.79 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan American	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Foresight Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JAM or FSG more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Foresight Group's net margin of 18.70%. Foresight Group's return on equity of 32.24% beat JPMorgan American's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%
Foresight Group	18.70%	32.24%	15.09%

Which has more volatility and risk, JAM or FSG?

JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Foresight Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

JPMorgan American beats Foresight Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.