Shires Income (SHRS) Competitors

Jupiter Fund Management (LON:JUP) and Shires Income (LON:SHRS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the media prefer JUP or SHRS?

In the previous week, Jupiter Fund Management had 3 more articles in the media than Shires Income. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Jupiter Fund Management and 0 mentions for Shires Income. Jupiter Fund Management's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Shires Income's score of 0.00 indicating that Jupiter Fund Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Jupiter Fund Management	Neutral
Shires Income	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JUP or SHRS?

Jupiter Fund Management received 554 more outperform votes than Shires Income when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Jupiter Fund Management an outperform vote while only 59.57% of users gave Shires Income an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Jupiter Fund Management	Outperform Votes 610 59.80%	Underperform Votes 410 40.20%
Shires Income	Outperform Votes 56 59.57%	Underperform Votes 38 40.43%

Which has more volatility and risk, JUP or SHRS?

Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shires Income has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JUP or SHRS a better dividend stock?

Jupiter Fund Management pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Shires Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Jupiter Fund Management pays out -404.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shires Income pays out 7.8% 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. Jupiter Fund Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, JUP or SHRS?

Shires Income has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Jupiter Fund Management. Jupiter Fund Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shires 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
Jupiter Fund Management	£377.99M	1.11	-£8.84M	-£1.73	-47.32
Shires Income	£7.18M	15.05	£72.33M	£178.75	1.49

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JUP or SHRS?

46.7% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.8% of Shires Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.2% of Jupiter Fund Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.5% of Shires Income shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is JUP or SHRS more profitable?

Shires Income has a net margin of 1,007.53% compared to Jupiter Fund Management's net margin of -2.34%. Shires Income's return on equity of 68.29% beat Jupiter Fund Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jupiter Fund Management	-2.34%	-1.13%	4.00%
Shires Income	1,007.53%	68.29%	-0.15%

Do analysts recommend JUP or SHRS?

Jupiter Fund Management presently has a consensus price target of GBX 90.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.16%. Given Jupiter Fund Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Jupiter Fund Management is more favorable than Shires Income.

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

Summary

Jupiter Fund Management beats Shires Income on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.