JEDT vs. APAX, ESCT, VOF, TMPL, BRSC, JFJ, BGFD, SEIT, NBPE, and GCP
Should you be buying JPMorgan European Discovery Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan European Discovery Trust include Apax Global Alpha (APAX), The European Smaller Companies Trust (ESCT), VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund (VOF), Temple Bar (TMPL), BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust (BRSC), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), Baillie Gifford Japan (BGFD), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), and GCP Infrastructure Investments (GCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust (LON:JEDT) and Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust has a net margin of 71.30% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan European Discovery Trust's return on equity of 4.17% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Apax Global Alpha is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. JPMorgan European Discovery Trust pays out 5,555.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apax Global Alpha pays out -24,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apax Global Alpha is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Apax Global Alpha received 76 more outperform votes than JPMorgan European Discovery Trust when rated by MarketBeat users.
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
59.2% of JPMorgan European Discovery Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of JPMorgan European Discovery Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.1% of Apax Global Alpha shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Apax Global Alpha had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Discovery Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Apax Global Alpha and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery Trust. JPMorgan European Discovery Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Apax Global Alpha'saverage media sentiment score.
Summary
JPMorgan European Discovery Trust beats Apax Global Alpha on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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