Jupiter Fund Management (JUP) Competitors

HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) and Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) are both financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Is HICL or JUP more profitable?

HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 96.27% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. HICL Infrastructure's return on equity of 3.24% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HICL Infrastructure	96.27%	3.24%	0.58%
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%

Which has better earnings and valuation, HICL or JUP?

HICL Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, 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
HICL Infrastructure	£49.90M	46.99	£101.36M	£0.02	5,260.87
Jupiter Fund Management	£380.90M	1.62	-£8.84M	£0.11	1,124.07

Which has more volatility & risk, HICL or JUP?

HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.3, meaning that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HICL or JUP a better dividend stock?

HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.05 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. HICL Infrastructure pays out 358.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Jupiter Fund Management pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts prefer HICL or JUP?

Jupiter Fund Management has a consensus price target of GBX 105, suggesting a potential downside of 13.51%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than HICL Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HICL Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to HICL or JUP?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 1 more articles in the media than HICL Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 1 mentions for HICL Infrastructure. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Jupiter Fund Management's score of 0.49 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HICL Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HICL or JUP?

31.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.9% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of HICL Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management beats HICL Infrastructure on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.