Liontrust Asset Management (LIO) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, JESC or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liontrust Asset Management, 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 European Smaller Companies Trust	£114.05M	0.00	N/A	£65.70	N/A
Liontrust Asset Management	£169.79M	1.15	£68.85M	£26.20	11.85

Is JESC or LIO a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.07 per share. Liontrust Asset Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 72 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.2%. JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust pays out 0.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liontrust Asset Management pays out 274.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor JESC or LIO?

In the previous week, Liontrust Asset Management had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Liontrust Asset Management and 0 mentions for JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust. Liontrust Asset Management's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Liontrust Asset Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	Neutral
Liontrust Asset Management	Positive

Is JESC or LIO more profitable?

Liontrust Asset Management has a net margin of 35.21% compared to JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's net margin of 0.00%. Liontrust Asset Management's return on equity of 39.68% beat JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
Liontrust Asset Management	35.21%	39.68%	5.02%

Do analysts recommend JESC or LIO?

Liontrust Asset Management has a consensus price target of GBX 341.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.90%. Given Liontrust Asset Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Liontrust Asset Management is more favorable than JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Liontrust Asset Management	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in JESC or LIO?

42.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Liontrust Asset Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liontrust Asset Management beats JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.