JTC (JTC) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and F&C Investment Trust (LON:FCIT) are both financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JTC or FCIT?

JTC received 58 more outperform votes than F&C Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.96% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 61.90% of users gave F&C Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JTC	Outperform Votes 71 73.96%	Underperform Votes 25 26.04%
F&C Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 13 61.90%	Underperform Votes 8 38.10%

Do analysts rate JTC or FCIT?

JTC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,400, indicating a potential upside of 70.70%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than F&C Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JTC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
F&C Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JTC or FCIT?

74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer JTC or FCIT?

In the previous week, F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat JTC's score of -0.25 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JTC	Neutral
F&C Investment Trust	Neutral

Is JTC or FCIT a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. F&C Investment Trust pays out 7.8% 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.

Is JTC or FCIT more profitable?

F&C Investment Trust has a net margin of 95.33% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. F&C Investment Trust's return on equity of 18.50% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
F&C Investment Trust	95.33%	18.50%	10.80%

Which has more risk & volatility, JTC or FCIT?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F&C Investment Trust has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, JTC or FCIT?

F&C Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JTC. F&C Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JTC, 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
JTC	£291.42M	4.73	£29.99M	£17.83	46.00
F&C Investment Trust	£981.19M	5.36	£935.32M	£192.96	5.64

Summary

JTC beats F&C Investment Trust on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.