JEDT vs. BUR, EMG, HICL, MNKS, BPT, CTY, HGT, INPP, HVPE, and AJB
Should you be buying JPMorgan European Discovery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan European Discovery include Burford Capital (BUR), Man Group (EMG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Monks (MNKS), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), City of London (CTY), HgCapital Trust (HGT), International Public Partnerships (INPP), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and AJ Bell (AJB). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan European Discovery vs. Its Competitors
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 13.2% 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 European Discovery is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, suggesting a potential upside of 72.09%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than JPMorgan European Discovery.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 64.53%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
Burford Capital received 385 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery when rated by MarketBeat users.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Discovery. JPMorgan European Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Burford Capital and Burford Capital both had 1 articles in the media. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.29 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JEDT) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
