JPMorgan American (JAM) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts prefer STJ or JAM?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,515, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, STJ or JAM?

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

Does the media refer more to STJ or JAM?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 10 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for JPMorgan American. St. James' Place's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat JPMorgan American's score of 0.00 indicating that St. James's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
St. James's Place	Neutral
JPMorgan American	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.40	-£6.46M	£0.94	1,369.57
JPMorgan American	£84.18M	22.85	£420.73M	£0.44	2,502.83

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.

Summary

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