JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Competitors

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (LON:TEM) and JLEN Environmental Assets Group (LON:JLEN) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, TEM or JLEN?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JLEN Environmental Assets Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TEM or JLEN?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust, 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
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	£160.96M	13.01	£130.50M	£12.47	16.06
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£3.83M	-147.85	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-4,280.00

Is TEM or JLEN a better dividend stock?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust pays out 48.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -40,000.0% 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. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is TEM or JLEN more profitable?

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has a net margin of 81.07% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's return on equity of 7.07% beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	81.07%	7.07%	4.50%
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TEM or JLEN?

71.1% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to TEM or JLEN?

In the previous week, Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust and 0 mentions for JLEN Environmental Assets Group. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust	Positive
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Neutral

Summary

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.