Marwyn Value Investors (MVI) Competitors

Marwyn Value Investors (LON:MVI) and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (LON:JAGI) are both small-cap asset management industry companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and risk.

Which has better valuation & earnings, MVI or JAGI?

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has higher revenue and earnings than Marwyn Value Investors. Marwyn Value Investors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, 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
Marwyn Value Investors	£18.67M	4.00	£7.92M	£0.33	398.19
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	£25.16M	11.73	£35.93M	£0.26	1,637.05

Does the media favor MVI or JAGI?

In the previous week, Marwyn Value Investors and Marwyn Value Investors both had 1 articles in the media. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Marwyn Value Investors' score of 1.22 indicating that JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Marwyn Value Investors	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is MVI or JAGI a better dividend stock?

Marwyn Value Investors pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Marwyn Value Investors pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income pays out 62.3% 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. Marwyn Value Investors is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk and volatility, MVI or JAGI?

Marwyn Value Investors has a beta of 0.12, suggesting that its stock price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MVI or JAGI more profitable?

Marwyn Value Investors has a net margin of 99.97% compared to JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's net margin of 86.71%. JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income's return on equity of 12.22% beat Marwyn Value Investors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Marwyn Value Investors	99.97%	7.74%	2.98%
JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income	86.71%	12.22%	-0.23%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MVI or JAGI?

36.8% of Marwyn Value Investors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Marwyn Value Investors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Marwyn Value Investors and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.