JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH) Competitors

JPMorgan Claverhouse (LON:JCH) and Fidelity European Trust (LON:FEV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, JCH or FEV?

Fidelity European Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Claverhouse. JPMorgan Claverhouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fidelity European 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 Claverhouse	£62.40M	6.91	£57.79M	£103.90	7.47
Fidelity European Trust	£221.98M	7.62	£208.32M	£50.45	8.16

Which has more risk and volatility, JCH or FEV?

JPMorgan Claverhouse has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fidelity European Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JCH or FEV more profitable?

Fidelity European Trust has a net margin of 93.84% compared to JPMorgan Claverhouse's net margin of 92.61%. JPMorgan Claverhouse's return on equity of 14.30% beat Fidelity European Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Claverhouse	92.61%	14.30%	8.21%
Fidelity European Trust	93.84%	12.65%	10.56%

Does the media prefer JCH or FEV?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Claverhouse had 2 more articles in the media than Fidelity European Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan Claverhouse and 1 mentions for Fidelity European Trust. Fidelity European Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat JPMorgan Claverhouse's score of 0.59 indicating that Fidelity European Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Claverhouse	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fidelity European Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JCH or FEV?

8.8% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 7.4% of JPMorgan Claverhouse shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Fidelity European Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JCH or FEV a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Claverhouse pays an annual dividend of GBX 35 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Fidelity European Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. JPMorgan Claverhouse pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fidelity European Trust pays out 15.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JCH or FEV?

JPMorgan Claverhouse received 4 more outperform votes than Fidelity European Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.26% of users gave Fidelity European Trust an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave JPMorgan Claverhouse an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Claverhouse	Outperform Votes 66 64.71%	Underperform Votes 36 35.29%
Fidelity European Trust	Outperform Votes 62 65.26%	Underperform Votes 33 34.74%

Summary

Fidelity European Trust beats JPMorgan Claverhouse on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.