JLEN Environmental Assets Group (JLEN) Competitors

JLEN Environmental Assets Group (LON:JLEN) and Quilter (LON:QLT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JLEN or QLT?

39.0% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Quilter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of JLEN Environmental Assets Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Quilter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, JLEN or QLT?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quilter has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JLEN or QLT?

Quilter has higher revenue and earnings than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, 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
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	-£3.83M	-144.40	-£13.94M	-£0.02	-4,180.00
Quilter	£6.38B	0.32	£49.61M	£3.72	41.68

Is JLEN or QLT more profitable?

Quilter has a net margin of 0.78% compared to JLEN Environmental Assets Group's net margin of 0.00%. Quilter's return on equity of 3.33% beat JLEN Environmental Assets Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	N/A	-1.78%	-1.11%
Quilter	0.78%	3.33%	0.21%

Does the media refer more to JLEN or QLT?

In the previous week, JLEN Environmental Assets Group and JLEN Environmental Assets Group both had 1 articles in the media. JLEN Environmental Assets Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Quilter's score of 0.00 indicating that JLEN Environmental Assets Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Quilter	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate JLEN or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus target price of GBX 135, indicating a potential downside of 12.90%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quilter is more favorable than JLEN Environmental Assets Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Quilter	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is JLEN or QLT a better dividend stock?

JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. JLEN Environmental Assets Group pays out -40,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quilter pays out 134.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JLEN Environmental Assets Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Quilter beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.