JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT) Competitors

JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) and AJ Bell (LON:AJB) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, JEDT or AJB?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEDT or AJB more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%

Does the media refer more to JEDT or AJB?

In the previous week, AJ Bell had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for AJ Bell and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery. AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that AJ Bell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Discovery	Neutral
AJ Bell	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JEDT or AJB?

14.0% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of AJ Bell shares are owned by company 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 JEDT or AJB a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 216.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AJ Bell pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AJ Bell is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JEDT or AJB?

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AJ Bell. AJ Bell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, 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 European Discovery	£11.37M	47.36	£97.08M	£0.05	11,159.14
AJ Bell	£291.42M	7.13	£81.11M	£0.22	2,373.78

Do analysts prefer JEDT or AJB?

AJ Bell has a consensus price target of GBX 501, indicating a potential downside of 2.24%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than JPMorgan European Discovery.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan European Discovery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
AJ Bell	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Summary

AJ Bell beats JPMorgan European Discovery on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.