JTC (JTC) Competitors

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

Is JTC or FCIT a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. F&C Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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.

Which has more volatility and risk, JTC or FCIT?

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, 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	4.86	£29.99M	£17.83	47.28
F&C Investment Trust	£981.19M	5.59	£935.32M	£192.96	5.88

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

74.1% of JTC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of F&C Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of F&C Investment 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.

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%

Does the media refer more to JTC or FCIT?

In the previous week, JTC and JTC both had 5 articles in the media. F&C Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat JTC's score of 0.26 indicating that F&C Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JTC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
F&C Investment Trust	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts recommend JTC or FCIT?

JTC currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,400, indicating a potential upside of 66.07%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Summary

F&C Investment Trust beats JTC on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.