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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk 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 insiders and institutionals have more ownership in STJ or JAM?

79.6% of St. James's Place shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.5% of JPMorgan American shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of St. James's Place shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of JPMorgan American shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is STJ or JAM a better dividend stock?

St. James's Place pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. St. James's Place pays out -1,173.4% 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. St. James's Place is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

Does the media prefer STJ or JAM?

In the previous week, St. James's Place had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for St. James's Place and 0 mentions for JPMorgan American. JPMorgan American's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat St. James' Place's score of 0.30 indicating that JPMorgan American is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Do analysts rate STJ or JAM?

St. James's Place presently has a consensus price target of GBX 843.50, indicating a potential downside of 27.81%. Given St. James' Place's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
JPMorgan American	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & 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	£26.27B	0.24	-£6.46M	-£1.19	-979.37
JPMorgan American	£431.16M	4.36	£420.73M	£230.77	4.49

Summary

St. James's Place and JPMorgan American tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.