Weiss Korea Opportunity (WKOF) Competitors

JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts (LON:JEMI) and Weiss Korea Opportunity (LON:WKOF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of JEMI or WKOF?

56.3% of JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Weiss Korea Opportunity shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JEMI or WKOF?

JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts has higher revenue and earnings than Weiss Korea Opportunity. Weiss Korea Opportunity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts, 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
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts	£33.49M	12.01	£24.43M	£8.84	16.35
Weiss Korea Opportunity	£5.20M	19.85	£6.84M	£9.88	15.08

Does the media prefer JEMI or WKOF?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts had 2 more articles in the media than Weiss Korea Opportunity. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts and 0 mentions for Weiss Korea Opportunity. JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's score of 0.00 indicating that JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts	Neutral
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Neutral

Is JEMI or WKOF more profitable?

Weiss Korea Opportunity has a net margin of 131.62% compared to JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts' net margin of 72.95%. JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts' return on equity of 5.95% beat Weiss Korea Opportunity's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts	72.95%	5.95%	N/A
Weiss Korea Opportunity	131.62%	5.86%	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer JEMI or WKOF?

JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts received 7 more outperform votes than Weiss Korea Opportunity when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.08% of users gave JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave Weiss Korea Opportunity an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts	Outperform Votes 76 73.08%	Underperform Votes 28 26.92%
Weiss Korea Opportunity	Outperform Votes 69 66.35%	Underperform Votes 35 33.65%

Is JEMI or WKOF a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weiss Korea Opportunity pays out 50.6% 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.

Summary

JPMorgan Global Emerg Mkts beats Weiss Korea Opportunity on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.