JPMorgan European Growth & Income (JEGI) Competitors

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

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

49.9% of AJ Bell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.0% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.6% of AJ Bell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of JPMorgan European Growth & Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AJB or JEGI?

AJ Bell has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Growth & Income. JPMorgan European Growth & Income is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AJ Bell, 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
AJ Bell	£244.77M	8.58	£81.11M	£19.55	26.03
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	£76.68M	6.97	£70.55M	£16.56	7.61

Do analysts rate AJB or JEGI?

AJ Bell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 495, suggesting a potential downside of 2.75%. Given AJ Bell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe AJ Bell is more favorable than JPMorgan European Growth & Income.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, AJB or JEGI?

AJ Bell has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AJB or JEGI?

In the previous week, AJ Bell's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan European Growth & Income'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AJ Bell	Neutral
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	Neutral

Is AJB or JEGI more profitable?

JPMorgan European Growth & Income has a net margin of 92.01% compared to AJ Bell's net margin of 33.14%. AJ Bell's return on equity of 42.30% beat JPMorgan European Growth & Income's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AJ Bell	33.14%	42.30%	36.07%
JPMorgan European Growth & Income	92.01%	14.20%	9.07%

Is AJB or JEGI a better dividend stock?

AJ Bell pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. AJ Bell pays out 61.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan European Growth & Income pays out 30.2% 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 Growth & Income is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

AJ Bell beats JPMorgan European Growth & Income on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.