JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG) Competitors

JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) and Polar Capital Technology Trust (LON:PCT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JMG or PCT?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Emerging Markets. JPMorgan Emerging Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Polar Capital Technology 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
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£89.04M	13.96	£80.10M	£0.07	1,783.17
Polar Capital Technology Trust	£122.39M	39.11	£1.20B	£0.10	4,187.56

Do insiders & institutionals believe in JMG or PCT?

14.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Polar Capital Technology Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Polar Capital Technology Trust 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 favor JMG or PCT?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Polar Capital Technology Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 1 mentions for Polar Capital Technology Trust. Polar Capital Technology Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' score of 0.01 indicating that Polar Capital Technology Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Polar Capital Technology Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is JMG or PCT more profitable?

Polar Capital Technology Trust has a net margin of 96.56% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 82.19%. Polar Capital Technology Trust's return on equity of 30.54% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
Polar Capital Technology Trust	96.56%	30.54%	20.70%

Which has more volatility & risk, JMG or PCT?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polar Capital Technology Trust has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Polar Capital Technology Trust beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.