JUSC vs. TMPL, ICGT, RICA, IEM, CGT, SAIN, JEO, APEO, MUT, and BLU
Should you be buying JPMorgan US Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies include Temple Bar (TMPL), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), Capital Gearing (CGT), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Murray Income Trust (MUT), and Blue Star Capital (BLU). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies vs. Its Competitors
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) and Temple Bar (LON:TMPL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Temple Bar shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Temple Bar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Temple Bar pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Temple Bar pays out 18.6% 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.
In the previous week, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Temple Bar's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Temple Bar has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Temple Bar has a net margin of 98.26% compared to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' net margin of 71.91%. Temple Bar's return on equity of 20.62% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity.
Temple Bar has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. Temple Bar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Temple Bar beats JPMorgan US Smaller Companies on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:JUSC) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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