Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3) Competitors

Octopus Apollo VCT (LON:OAP3) and JPMorgan American (LON:JAM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OAP3 or JAM?

13.6% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Octopus Apollo VCT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of JPMorgan American shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OAP3 or JAM a better dividend stock?

Octopus Apollo VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. JPMorgan American pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Octopus Apollo VCT pays out 92.9% 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 American pays out 24.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor OAP3 or JAM?

In the previous week, Octopus Apollo VCT had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan American. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Octopus Apollo VCT and 0 mentions for JPMorgan American. Octopus Apollo VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan American'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Octopus Apollo VCT	Neutral
JPMorgan American	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, OAP3 or JAM?

JPMorgan American has higher revenue and earnings than Octopus Apollo VCT. Octopus Apollo VCT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan American, 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
Octopus Apollo VCT	£27.67M	18.14	-£5.76M	£0.03	1,714.29
JPMorgan American	£84.18M	22.98	£420.73M	£0.44	2,502.83

Which has more risk & volatility, OAP3 or JAM?

Octopus Apollo VCT has a beta of -0.09, suggesting that its share price is 109% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan American has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OAP3 or JAM more profitable?

JPMorgan American has a net margin of 97.58% compared to Octopus Apollo VCT's net margin of -226.25%. JPMorgan American's return on equity of 24.87% beat Octopus Apollo VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Octopus Apollo VCT	-226.25%	-1.19%	-0.07%
JPMorgan American	97.58%	24.87%	15.33%

Summary

JPMorgan American beats Octopus Apollo VCT on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.