JAGI vs. ASHM, IHP, EDIN, JFJ, AGT, BRWM, GSS, BPCR, TRY, and JPE
Should you be buying JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income include Ashmore Group (ASHM), IntegraFin (IHP), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), AVI Global Trust (AGT), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), and JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income vs. Its Competitors
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Ashmore Group pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a net margin of 86.71% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity of 12.22% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
Ashmore Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential downside of 12.18%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income.
In the previous week, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income and 1 mentions for Ashmore Group. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 2.00 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JAGI) was last updated on 8/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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