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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

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%

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.

Which has more volatility and 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.

Does the media favor JLEN or QLT?

In the previous week, Quilter had 1 more articles in the media than JLEN Environmental Assets Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Quilter and 0 mentions for JLEN Environmental Assets Group. JLEN Environmental Assets Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Quilter'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JLEN Environmental Assets Group	Neutral
Quilter	Neutral

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	41.88

Do analysts rate JLEN or QLT?

Quilter has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential downside of 13.32%. Given Quilter's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Do institutionals and insiders 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Quilter beats JLEN Environmental Assets Group on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.