IP Group (IPO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IPO or JAM?

IP Group received 267 more outperform votes than JPMorgan American when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.52% of users gave IP Group an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave JPMorgan American an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IP Group	Outperform Votes 362 77.52%	Underperform Votes 105 22.48%
JPMorgan American	Outperform Votes 95 65.07%	Underperform Votes 51 34.93%

Is IPO or JAM more profitable?

IP Group has a net margin of 106.78% compared to JPMorgan American's net margin of 97.58%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat IP Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IP Group	106.78%	-19.85%	-10.50%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IPO or JAM?

JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than IP Group. IP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan American, 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
IP Group	-£196.61M	-2.31	-£209.94M	-£22.25	-2.14
JPMorgan American	£431.16M	4.19	£420.73M	£230.77	4.31

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of IPO or JAM?

70.2% of IP Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of IP Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer IPO or JAM?

IP Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 126, indicating a potential upside of 165.26%. Given IP Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe IP Group is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

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

Does the media favor IPO or JAM?

In the previous week, JPMorgan American had 3 more articles in the media than IP Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan American and 0 mentions for IP Group. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat IP Group's score of 0.34 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
IP Group	Neutral
JPMorgan American	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, IPO or JAM?

IP Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IPO or JAM a better dividend stock?

IP Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. IP Group pays out -4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan American pays out 3.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IP Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

IP Group and JPMorgan American tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.