JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI) Competitors

Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) and JPMorgan China Growth & Income (LON:JCGI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TMPL or JCGI?

Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan China Growth & Income. JPMorgan China Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Temple Bar, 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
Temple Bar	£168.39M	6.14	£154.90M	£0.58	631.74
JPMorgan China Growth & Income	£46.99M	5.50	£6.34M	£0.55	562.29

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TMPL or JCGI?

10.7% of Temple Bar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Temple Bar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TMPL or JCGI a better dividend stock?

Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Temple Bar pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays out 19.9% 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. JPMorgan China Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TMPL or JCGI more profitable?

Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to JPMorgan China Growth & Income's net margin of 72.25%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat JPMorgan China Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Temple Bar	98.26%	20.62%	7.08%
JPMorgan China Growth & Income	72.25%	2.99%	-21.06%

Does the media favor TMPL or JCGI?

In the previous week, Temple Bar had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan China Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Temple Bar and 1 mentions for JPMorgan China Growth & Income. Temple Bar's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat JPMorgan China Growth & Income's score of 1.32 indicating that Temple Bar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Temple Bar	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JPMorgan China Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TMPL or JCGI?

Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan China Growth & Income has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Temple Bar beats JPMorgan China Growth & Income on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.