JPMorgan American (JAM) Competitors

St. James's Place (LON:STJ) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Do analysts recommend STJ or JAM?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,547, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe St. James's Place is more favorable than JPMorgan American.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
St. James's Place	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is STJ or JAM a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. St. James's Place pays out 19.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan American pays out 24.9% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is STJ or JAM more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to St. James' Place's net margin of -0.02%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat St. James' Place's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
St. James's Place	-0.02%	-0.63%	0.22%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%

Does the media favor STJ or JAM?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for St. James's Place and 4 mentions for JPMorgan American. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat JPMorgan American's score of -0.03 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JPMorgan American	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, STJ or JAM?

JPMorgan American has lower revenue, but higher earnings than St. James's Place. St. James's Place 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
St. James's Place	£16.94B	0.42	-£6.46M	£0.94	1,434.78
JPMorgan American	£84.18M	22.77	£420.73M	£0.44	2,493.78

Do insiders and institutionals believe in STJ or JAM?

77.8% of St. James's Place shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.6% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of St. James's Place shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, STJ or JAM?

St. James's Place has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

St. James's Place beats JPMorgan American on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.