JCGI vs. MTU, DGI9, ARR, AJOT, BVT, BPM, AUGM, SCF, PEMB, and STS
Should you be buying JPMorgan China Growth & Income stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan China Growth & Income include Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Aurora (ARR), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), and STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan China Growth & Income (LON:JCGI) and Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (LON:MTU) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan China Growth & Income. JPMorgan China Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Montanaro UK Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. JPMorgan China Growth & Income pays out -18,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies pays out 4,545.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan China Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan China Growth & Income. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Montanaro UK Smaller Companies and 1 mentions for JPMorgan China Growth & Income. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat JPMorgan China Growth & Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Montanaro UK Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a net margin of 88.19% compared to JPMorgan China Growth & Income's net margin of -86.07%. Montanaro UK Smaller Companies' return on equity of 9.97% beat JPMorgan China Growth & Income's return on equity.
17.0% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of JPMorgan China Growth & Income shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
JPMorgan China Growth & Income has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Montanaro UK Smaller Companies has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies received 69 more outperform votes than JPMorgan China Growth & Income when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies beats JPMorgan China Growth & Income on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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