Jupiter Fund Management (JUP) Competitors

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

Is JTC or JUP more profitable?

JTC has a net margin of 10.29% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. JTC's return on equity of 5.70% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JTC	10.29%	5.70%	4.96%
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%

Does the media refer more to JTC or JUP?

In the previous week, JTC had 4 more articles in the media than Jupiter Fund Management. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for JTC and 0 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat JTC's score of 0.15 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JTC	Neutral
Jupiter Fund Management	Neutral

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

74.1% of JTC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by institutional investors. 10.2% of JTC shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend JTC or JUP?

JTC currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,400, suggesting a potential upside of 64.13%. Jupiter Fund Management has a consensus price target of GBX 90.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.86%. Given JTC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe JTC is more favorable than Jupiter Fund Management.

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
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JTC or JUP?

Jupiter Fund Management received 539 more outperform votes than JTC when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.96% of users gave JTC an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JTC	Outperform Votes 71 73.96%	Underperform Votes 25 26.04%
Jupiter Fund Management	Outperform Votes 610 59.80%	Underperform Votes 410 40.20%

Which has more risk and volatility, JTC or JUP?

JTC has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JTC or JUP a better dividend stock?

JTC pays an annual dividend of GBX 12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. JTC pays out 67.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% 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 better earnings and valuation, JTC or JUP?

JTC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management 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	4.92	£29.99M	£17.83	47.84
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.03	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-43.86

Summary

JTC beats Jupiter Fund Management on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.