JTC (JTC) Competitors

JTC (LON:JTC) and Hargreaves Lansdown (LON:HL) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JTC or HL?

Hargreaves Lansdown has higher revenue and earnings than JTC. Hargreaves Lansdown 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	5.40	£29.99M	£17.83	52.44
Hargreaves Lansdown	£764.90M	0.00	£293.20M	£0.62	N/A

Which has more volatility and risk, JTC or HL?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hargreaves Lansdown has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend JTC or HL?

JTC presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,275, suggesting a potential upside of 36.36%. Given JTC's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe JTC is more favorable than Hargreaves Lansdown.

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
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer JTC or HL?

In the previous week, JTC had 18 more articles in the media than Hargreaves Lansdown. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for JTC and 1 mentions for Hargreaves Lansdown. Hargreaves Lansdown's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat JTC's score of 0.42 indicating that Hargreaves Lansdown is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JTC	2 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hargreaves Lansdown	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is JTC or HL a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Hargreaves Lansdown pays an annual dividend of GBX 43 per share. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hargreaves Lansdown pays out 6,935.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JTC is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JTC or HL?

74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of Hargreaves Lansdown shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JTC or HL more profitable?

Hargreaves Lansdown has a net margin of 82.61% compared to JTC's net margin of 10.29%. Hargreaves Lansdown's return on equity of 82.68% beat JTC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
Hargreaves Lansdown	82.61%	82.68%	17.10%

Summary

JTC and Hargreaves Lansdown tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.