JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA) Competitors

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (LON:JARA) and Henderson Smaller Companies (LON:HSL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, JARA or HSL?

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Henderson Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JARA or HSL?

27.8% of JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.1% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Henderson Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JARA or HSL a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Henderson Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 27 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets pays out -180.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Henderson Smaller Companies pays out 21.6% 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. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer JARA or HSL?

In the previous week, Henderson Smaller Companies had 4 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Henderson Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets. Henderson Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets' score of 0.00 indicating that Henderson Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	Neutral
Henderson Smaller Companies	Positive

Is JARA or HSL more profitable?

JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets has a net margin of 169.11% compared to Henderson Smaller Companies' net margin of 93.00%. Henderson Smaller Companies' return on equity of 13.76% beat JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	169.11%	-2.41%	-3.14%
Henderson Smaller Companies	93.00%	13.76%	7.47%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JARA or HSL?

Henderson Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets. JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Henderson Smaller Companies, 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
JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets	-£2.67M	-61.01	-£4.51M	-£2.21	-35.90
Henderson Smaller Companies	£98.67M	6.51	£91.77M	£124.85	7.00

Summary

Henderson Smaller Companies beats JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.