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JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC) Competitors

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GBX 399.86 +1.86 (+0.47%)
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JUSC vs. JEO, MUT, APEO, ICGT, TFIF, RICA, SDP, SAIN, CGT, and AGT.LN

Should you be buying JPMorgan US Smaller Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies include European Opportunities Trust (JEO), Murray Income Trust (MUT), abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), TwentyFour Income (TFIF), Ruffer Investment (RICA), Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund (SDP), Scottish American Investment (SAIN), Capital Gearing (CGT), and AVI Global Trust (AGT.LN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies vs. Its Competitors

European Opportunities Trust (LON:JEO) and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (LON:JUSC) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has a net margin of 71.91% compared to European Opportunities Trust's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' return on equity of 4.45% beat European Opportunities Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
European Opportunities TrustN/A N/A N/A
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies 71.91%4.45%3.11%

European Opportunities Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. European Opportunities Trust pays out -0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies pays out 6.6% 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 had 3 more articles in the media than European Opportunities Trust. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies and 0 mentions for European Opportunities Trust. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat European Opportunities Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
European Opportunities Trust Neutral
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Positive

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies has higher revenue and earnings than European Opportunities Trust. European Opportunities 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
European Opportunities Trust-£62.33M0.00N/A-£65.20N/A
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies£29.29M7.79£11.79M£0.45879.58

12.9% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies beats European Opportunities Trust on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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JUSC vs. The Competition

MetricJPMorgan US Smaller CompaniesAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£228.24M£1.47B£6.40B£2.56B
Dividend Yield0.78%4.59%4.32%5.31%
P/E Ratio879.584,757.081,779.595,419.53
Price / Sales7.791,980.931,354.9597,527.71
Price / Cash37.0860.62127.9327.93
Price / Book0.931.372.089.03
Net Income£11.79M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-0.04%0.21%1.10%0.68%
1 Month Performance-0.16%1.67%3.12%3.26%
1 Year Performance-6.14%8.69%32.62%186.78%

JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
JUSC
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 399.86
+0.5%
N/A-5.1%£228.24M£29.29M879.58N/APositive News
Earnings Report
JEO
European Opportunities Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£886.70M-£62.33M-12.93N/A
MUT
Murray Income Trust
N/AGBX 900
+0.4%
N/A+3.5%£881.03M£27.79M3,703.70147,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
APEO
abrdn Private Equity Opportunities
N/AN/AN/AN/A£880.29M£80.21M1,435.00N/A
ICGT
ICG Enterprise Trust
N/AGBX 1,396
-0.4%
N/A+17.6%£877.72M£117.70M852.21N/A
TFIF
TwentyFour Income
N/AGBX 113
-0.4%
N/A+7.6%£869.01M£106.24M807.14N/A
RICA
Ruffer Investment
N/AGBX 288.50
+0.7%
N/A+3.0%£859.96M-£2.33M-20,034.72N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SDP
Schroder Investment Trust - Schroder AsiaPacific Fund
N/AGBX 635
+0.5%
N/A+25.1%£859.92M£55.98M2,003.79N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
SAIN
Scottish American Investment
N/AGBX 505
-0.8%
N/A-0.2%£854.76M£13.77M8,875.22N/A
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,865
flat
N/A+1.7%£818.73M£37.55M2,705.78N/A
AGT.LN
AVI Global Trust
N/AN/AN/AN/A£812.93M£51.62M20.82N/AHigh Trading Volume

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This page (LON:JUSC) was last updated on 9/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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