JUSC vs. BRWM, RICA, TMPL, CGT, JEO, SAIN, APEO, SLPE, OCI, and MUT
Should you be buying JPMorgan US Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies include BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Temple Bar (TMPL), Capital Gearing (CGT), European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Standard Life Private Equity Trust (SLPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), and Murray Income Trust (MUT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies vs.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) and BlackRock World Mining Trust (LON:BRWM) 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 earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
27.1% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.0% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of BlackRock World Mining Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BlackRock World Mining Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for BlackRock World Mining Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies. BlackRock World Mining Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' score of 0.67 indicating that BlackRock World Mining Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than BlackRock World Mining Trust. BlackRock World Mining Trust 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.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackRock World Mining Trust has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BlackRock World Mining Trust pays out -486.4% 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. BlackRock World Mining Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies received 4 more outperform votes than BlackRock World Mining Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave BlackRock World Mining Trust an outperform vote.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 71.91% compared to BlackRock World Mining Trust's net margin of -153.65%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 4.45% beat BlackRock World Mining Trust's return on equity.
Summary
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats BlackRock World Mining Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:JUSC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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