Jupiter Fund Management (JUP) Competitors

Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and The Mercantile Investment Trust (LON:MRC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.

Is JUP or MRC a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Mercantile Investment Trust pays out 15.0% 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. Jupiter Fund Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, JUP or MRC?

Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Mercantile Investment Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, JUP or MRC?

The Mercantile Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Mercantile Investment 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
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.29	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-55.11
The Mercantile Investment Trust	£415.73M	4.47	£393.55M	£53.19	4.71

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JUP or MRC?

46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.8% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of The Mercantile Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JUP or MRC more profitable?

The Mercantile Investment Trust has a net margin of 94.67% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. The Mercantile Investment Trust's return on equity of 20.56% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%
The Mercantile Investment Trust	94.67%	20.56%	2.53%

Does the media refer more to JUP or MRC?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management and Jupiter Fund Management both had 1 articles in the media. The Mercantile Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Jupiter Fund Management's score of 0.00 indicating that The Mercantile Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
The Mercantile Investment 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

Do analysts prefer JUP or MRC?

Jupiter Fund Management presently has a consensus target price of GBX 90.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.41%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than The Mercantile Investment Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
The Mercantile Investment Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JUP or MRC?

Jupiter Fund Management received 533 more outperform votes than The Mercantile Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote while only 57.04% of users gave The Mercantile Investment Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jupiter Fund Management	Outperform Votes 610 59.80%	Underperform Votes 410 40.20%
The Mercantile Investment Trust	Outperform Votes 77 57.04%	Underperform Votes 58 42.96%

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management and The Mercantile Investment Trust tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.