MNL vs. JUSC, CGL, IBT, MTE, BGUK, CCJI, RECI, ASLI, HHI, and BGHS
Should you be buying Manchester & London Investment Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manchester & London Investment Trust include JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC), Castelnau Group (CGL), International Biotechnology (IBT), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), CC Japan Income & Growth Trust (CCJI), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), Henderson High Income (HHI), and Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Manchester & London Investment Trust (LON:MNL) and JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust (LON:JUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust received 18 more outperform votes than Manchester & London Investment Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Manchester & London Investment Trust an outperform vote while only 64.63% of users gave JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust an outperform vote.
Manchester & London Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Manchester & London Investment Trust pays out 1,971.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust pays out 1,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
58.3% of Manchester & London Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.5% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Manchester & London Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Manchester & London Investment Trust has a net margin of 90.11% compared to JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust's net margin of 75.38%. Manchester & London Investment Trust's return on equity of 13.70% beat JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Manchester & London Investment Trust had 3 more articles in the media than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Manchester & London Investment Trust and 1 mentions for JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust. JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Manchester & London Investment Trust's score of 0.29 indicating that JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Manchester & London Investment Trust has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manchester & London Investment Trust has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust. Manchester & London Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Manchester & London Investment Trust beats JPMorgan US Smaller Companies Investment Trust on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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