JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ) Competitors

JPMorgan Japanese (LON:JFJ) and Alliance Trust (LON:ATST) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, JFJ or ATST?

JPMorgan Japanese has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliance Trust has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in JFJ or ATST?

63.9% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of JPMorgan Japanese shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Alliance Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JFJ or ATST?

Alliance Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Japanese. Alliance Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Japanese, 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 Japanese	£198.16M	4.88	£194.81M	£118.41	4.97
Alliance Trust	£652.76M	0.00	£601.66M	£2.12	N/A

Does the media prefer JFJ or ATST?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Japanese's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Alliance Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Japanese	Neutral
Alliance Trust	Neutral

Is JFJ or ATST more profitable?

JPMorgan Japanese has a net margin of 98.31% compared to Alliance Trust's net margin of 92.17%. JPMorgan Japanese's return on equity of 19.70% beat Alliance Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Japanese	98.31%	19.70%	8.06%
Alliance Trust	92.17%	17.93%	10.95%

Is JFJ or ATST a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Japanese pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alliance Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 26 per share. JPMorgan Japanese pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliance Trust pays out 1,226.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Japanese is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JFJ or ATST?

Alliance Trust received 47 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Japanese when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.33% of users gave Alliance Trust an outperform vote while only 73.26% of users gave JPMorgan Japanese an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Japanese	Outperform Votes 63 73.26%	Underperform Votes 23 26.74%
Alliance Trust	Outperform Votes 110 73.33%	Underperform Votes 40 26.67%

Summary

JPMorgan Japanese and Alliance Trust tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.