JZ Capital Partners (JZCP) Competitors

JZ Capital Partners (LON:JZCP) and Standard Life Private Equity Trust (LON:SLPE) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Is JZCP or SLPE more profitable?

JZ Capital Partners has a net margin of 9.91% compared to Standard Life Private Equity Trust's net margin of 0.00%. JZ Capital Partners' return on equity of 0.51% beat Standard Life Private Equity Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JZ Capital Partners	9.91%	0.51%	-3.39%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in JZCP or SLPE?

56.8% of JZ Capital Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 27.4% of JZ Capital Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is JZCP or SLPE a better dividend stock?

JZ Capital Partners pays an annual dividend of GBX 25 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.1%. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. 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. Standard Life Private Equity Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor JZCP or SLPE?

In the previous week, JZ Capital Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Standard Life Private Equity Trust'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JZ Capital Partners	Neutral
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JZCP or SLPE?

Standard Life Private Equity Trust received 74 more outperform votes than JZ Capital Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave Standard Life Private Equity Trust an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave JZ Capital Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JZ Capital Partners	Outperform Votes 64 62.75%	Underperform Votes 38 37.25%
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	Outperform Votes 138 69.70%	Underperform Votes 60 30.30%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, JZCP or SLPE?

JZ Capital Partners has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Standard Life Private Equity Trust. Standard Life Private Equity 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	9.81	£2.09M	£1.60	128.62
Standard Life Private Equity Trust	£251.60M	3.39	N/A	£155.20	3.57

Summary

JZ Capital Partners beats Standard Life Private Equity Trust on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.