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Strategic Equity Capital (SEC) Competitors

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GBX 367 -1.00 (-0.27%)
As of 07/11/2025 11:56 AM Eastern

SEC vs. JEDT, PEY, EWI, GROW, PCFT, HSL, SEIT, BUT, P2P, and JUP

Should you be buying Strategic Equity Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strategic Equity Capital include JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Molten Ventures (GROW), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Henderson Smaller Companies (HSL), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Brunner (BUT), P2P Global Investments (P2P), and Jupiter Fund Management (JUP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

Strategic Equity Capital vs. Its Competitors

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

JPMorgan European Discovery has a net margin of 90.80% compared to Strategic Equity Capital's net margin of 88.65%. JPMorgan European Discovery's return on equity of 17.01% beat Strategic Equity Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Strategic Equity Capital88.65% 14.97% 10.64%
JPMorgan European Discovery 90.80%17.01%3.09%

JPMorgan European Discovery has higher revenue and earnings than Strategic Equity Capital. Strategic Equity Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan European Discovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Strategic Equity Capital£28.94M5.85£25.65M£55.466.62
JPMorgan European Discovery£106.93M6.30£97.08M£83.526.95

Strategic Equity Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. JPMorgan European Discovery pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Strategic Equity Capital pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan European Discovery pays out 13.2% 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.

58.2% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Strategic Equity Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of JPMorgan European Discovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Strategic Equity Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% 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.

In the previous week, JPMorgan European Discovery had 1 more articles in the media than Strategic Equity Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan European Discovery and 0 mentions for Strategic Equity Capital. Strategic Equity Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled JPMorgan European Discovery'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Strategic Equity Capital Neutral
JPMorgan European Discovery Neutral

Summary

JPMorgan European Discovery beats Strategic Equity Capital on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SEC vs. The Competition

MetricStrategic Equity CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£169.37M£1.25B£6.15B£3.00B
Dividend Yield1.13%4.38%4.20%5.02%
P/E Ratio6.6222.1013.23150.83
Price / Sales5.852,368.081,738.23314,599.95
Price / Cash8.7060.8149.5227.97
Price / Book0.931.221.924.58
Net Income£25.65M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.27%14.37%11.18%11.51%
1 Month Performance6.07%3.20%7.30%8.27%
1 Year Performance-1.87%5.55%17.74%32.75%

Strategic Equity Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEC
Strategic Equity Capital
N/AGBX 367
-0.3%
N/A-1.9%£169.37M£28.94M6.62N/A
JEDT
JPMorgan European Discovery
N/AGBX 580
+0.9%
N/A+23.6%£673.27M£106.93M6.94N/A
PEY
Princess Private Equity
N/AGBX 9.62
-0.6%
N/A-16.8%£665.24M£5.19B29.11N/ANews Coverage
EWI
Edinburgh Worldwide
N/AGBX 178.80
+1.6%
N/A+17.0%£662.85M£77.34M9.44N/A
GROW
Molten Ventures
1.7094 of 5 stars
GBX 350.40
+5.9%
GBX 580
+65.5%
-11.2%£652.12M£9.10M-19.6020
PCFT
Polar Capital Global Financials
N/AGBX 210
-0.2%
N/A+24.1%£640.30M£125.99M5.59N/A
HSL
Henderson Smaller Companies
N/AGBX 871
+1.4%
N/A-5.3%£639.55M£98.67M6.98N/ANews Coverage
SEIT
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust
N/AGBX 57.30
+1.1%
N/A-7.7%£627.11M-£45.07M-11.07N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
BUT
Brunner
N/AGBX 1,422
+0.7%
N/A+3.0%£617.67M£111.40M5.89N/A
P2P
P2P Global Investments
N/AN/AN/AN/A£617.42M£119.18M20.91N/A
JUP
Jupiter Fund Management
0.9563 of 5 stars
GBX 120
+10.7%
GBX 90.33
-24.7%
+41.3%£614.77M£377.99M-69.25522Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:SEC) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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