ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (LBOW) Competitors

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash (LON:JPEC) and ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments (LON:LBOW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Does the media refer more to JPEC or LBOW?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments'average media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash	Neutral
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	Neutral

Is JPEC or LBOW a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash pays an annual dividend of GBX 0 per share. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash pays out 0.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments pays out -19.2% 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. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of JPEC or LBOW?

73.6% of ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 20.7% of ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JPEC or LBOW?

ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments received 51 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash	Outperform Votes 24 68.57%	Underperform Votes 11 31.43%
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	Outperform Votes 75 63.56%	Underperform Votes 43 36.44%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, JPEC or LBOW?

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments. ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash, 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
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash	N/A	N/A	N/A	£0.75	N/A
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	£4.33M	6.01	-£24.46M	-£20.86	-1.05

Is JPEC or LBOW more profitable?

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash has a net margin of 0.00% compared to ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments' net margin of -564.92%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash's return on equity of 0.00% beat ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash	N/A	N/A	N/A
ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments	-564.92%	-43.80%	N/A

Summary

ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments beats JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Cash on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.