Record (REC) Competitors

Record (LON:REC) and Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) 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 earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Is REC or JUP a better dividend stock?

Record pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Record pays out 4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, REC or JUP?

Record has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is REC or JUP more profitable?

Record has a net margin of 430.56% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. Record's return on equity of 680.45% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Record	430.56%	680.45%	25.14%
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, REC or JUP?

Record has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Record, 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
Record	£46.40M	2.66	£199.77M	£101.59	0.62
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.38	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-58.75

Do insiders & institutionals believe in REC or JUP?

18.4% of Record shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 66.6% of Record shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer REC or JUP?

In the previous week, Record had 60 more articles in the media than Jupiter Fund Management. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Record and 1 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Record's score of 0.06 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Record	9 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	29 Neutral mention(s)	11 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend REC or JUP?

Jupiter Fund Management has a consensus price target of GBX 90.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.26%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Record.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Record	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Jupiter Fund Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Record beats Jupiter Fund Management on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.