JPMorgan China Growth & Income (JCGI) Competitors

JPMorgan China Growth & Income (LON:JCGI) and ICG Enterprise Trust (LON:ICGT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is JCGI or ICGT more profitable?

JPMorgan China Growth & Income has a net margin of 72.25% compared to ICG Enterprise Trust's net margin of 58.54%. JPMorgan China Growth & Income's return on equity of 2.99% beat ICG Enterprise Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan China Growth & Income	72.25%	2.99%	-21.06%
ICG Enterprise Trust	58.54%	2.61%	0.78%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JCGI or ICGT?

5.5% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.6% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of ICG Enterprise Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, JCGI or ICGT?

JPMorgan China Growth & Income has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ICG Enterprise Trust has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, JCGI or ICGT?

ICG Enterprise Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan China Growth & Income. JPMorgan China Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ICG Enterprise Trust, 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 China Growth & Income	£46.99M	5.00	£6.34M	£0.55	511.66
ICG Enterprise Trust	£117.70M	7.50	£32.56M	£1.64	857.09

Is JCGI or ICGT a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. ICG Enterprise Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG Enterprise Trust pays out 20.8% 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.

Does the media favor JCGI or ICGT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan China Growth & Income had 1 more articles in the media than ICG Enterprise Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan China Growth & Income and 0 mentions for ICG Enterprise Trust. JPMorgan China Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat ICG Enterprise Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan China Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan China Growth & Income	Positive
ICG Enterprise Trust	Neutral

Summary

ICG Enterprise Trust beats JPMorgan China Growth & Income on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.