ProVen VCT (PVN) Competitors

ProVen VCT (LON:PVN) and JPMorgan European Discovery (LON:JEDT) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is PVN or JEDT a better dividend stock?

ProVen VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ProVen VCT pays out 86.3% 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 European Discovery pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more volatility and risk, PVN or JEDT?

ProVen VCT has a beta of 0.02, meaning that its share price is 98% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan European Discovery has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer PVN or JEDT?

In the previous week, ProVen VCT and ProVen VCT both had 1 articles in the media. ProVen VCT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat JPMorgan European Discovery's score of 0.00 indicating that ProVen VCT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ProVen VCT	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JPMorgan European Discovery	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PVN or JEDT?

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than ProVen VCT. JPMorgan European Discovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProVen VCT, 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
ProVen VCT	£14.11M	11.47	£9.46M	£3.48	17.11
JPMorgan European Discovery	£106.93M	6.30	£97.08M	£83.52	6.95

Is PVN or JEDT more profitable?

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to ProVen VCT's net margin of 67.04%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat ProVen VCT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ProVen VCT	67.04%	5.22%	3.12%
JPMorgan European Discovery	90.80%	17.01%	3.09%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PVN or JEDT?

59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ProVen VCT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

JPMorgan European Discovery beats ProVen VCT on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.