Schroder Japan Trust (SJG) Competitors

Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) and JPMorgan Emerging Markets (LON:JMG) 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 media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is SJG or JMG a better dividend stock?

Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 9.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% 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. Schroder Japan Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, SJG or JMG?

Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SJG or JMG?

Schroder Japan Trust received 10 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerging Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Schroder Japan Trust	Outperform Votes 88 63.77%	Underperform Votes 50 36.23%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SJG or JMG?

74.0% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SJG or JMG?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than Schroder Japan Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 0 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Schroder Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Emerging Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Schroder Japan Trust	Neutral
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Positive

Is SJG or JMG more profitable?

Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 99.53% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 82.19%. Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity of 18.12% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Schroder Japan Trust	99.53%	18.12%	7.69%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SJG or JMG?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Schroder Japan Trust. Schroder Japan Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Emerging Markets, 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
Schroder Japan Trust	£60.80M	4.82	£60.51M	£50.99	4.90
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£97.45M	11.94	£80.10M	£7.55	14.55

Summary

Schroder Japan Trust beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.