SJG vs. JMG, EDIN, TFG, FSV, HRI, IHP, GSS, BPCR, AGT, and BBGI
Should you be buying Schroder Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Japan Trust include JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Herald (HRI), IntegraFin (IHP), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), AVI Global Trust (AGT), and BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder Japan Trust vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Schroder Japan Trust beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SJG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff