JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to JZCP or JESC?

In the previous week, JZ Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JZ Capital Partners	Neutral
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral

Is JZCP or JESC more profitable?

JZ Capital Partners has a net margin of 9.91% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. JZ Capital Partners' return on equity of 0.51% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JZ Capital Partners	9.91%	0.51%	-3.39%
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, JZCP or JESC?

JZ Capital Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JZ Capital Partners, 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
JZ Capital Partners	£21.12M	9.05	£2.09M	£1.60	118.63
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JZCP or JESC?

56.8% of JZ Capital Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.4% of JZ Capital Partners shares are owned by 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.

Is JZCP or JESC a better dividend stock?

JZ Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. JZ Capital Partners pays out 1,561.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

JZ Capital Partners beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.