JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (LON:JEMA) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JEMA or AAS?

24.4% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. 12.2% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held 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.

Does the media favor JEMA or AAS?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Asia Focus'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	Neutral
abrdn Asia Focus	Neutral

Is JEMA or AAS a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 24.9% 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. abrdn Asia Focus is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation & earnings, JEMA or AAS?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec, 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 Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	£2.16M	48.87	£1.23M	£3.03	85.93
abrdn Asia Focus	£55.61M	7.83	£36.71M	£24.14	11.93

Which has more risk & volatility, JEMA or AAS?

JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JEMA or AAS more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 66.01% compared to JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's net margin of 57.10%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.71% beat JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	57.10%	5.98%	4.19%
abrdn Asia Focus	66.01%	7.71%	2.79%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JEMA or AAS?

abrdn Asia Focus received 95 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec	N/A	N/A
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.