Analyzing T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) & Jupiter Fund Management (OTCMKTS:JFHHF)

Jupiter Fund Management (OTCMKTS:JFHHF) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Jupiter Fund Management and T. Rowe Price Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Jupiter Fund Management	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
T. Rowe Price Group	$7.09 billion	3.23	$2.10 billion	$9.18	11.43

T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than Jupiter Fund Management.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Jupiter Fund Management and T. Rowe Price Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Jupiter Fund Management	1	2	0	0	1.67
T. Rowe Price Group	4	12	0	0	1.75

T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $108.85, suggesting a potential upside of 3.76%. Given T. Rowe Price Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe T. Rowe Price Group is more favorable than Jupiter Fund Management.

Profitability

This table compares Jupiter Fund Management and T. Rowe Price Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Jupiter Fund Management	N/A	N/A	N/A
T. Rowe Price Group	28.89%	19.95%	15.09%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Jupiter Fund Management has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

T. Rowe Price Group beats Jupiter Fund Management on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Jupiter Fund Management

Jupiter Fund Management Plc is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm manages mutual funds, hedge funds, client focused portfolios, and multi-manager products for its clients. It invests in the public equity markets across U.K., Europe and global emerging markets. The firm also invests in fixed income markets, fund of funds products, hedge funds, and absolute return funds. Jupiter Fund Management Plc was founded in 1985 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

About T. Rowe Price Group

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm provides its services to individuals, institutional investors, retirement plans, financial intermediaries, and institutions. It launches and manages equity and fixed income mutual funds. The firm invests in the public equity and fixed income markets across the globe. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a bottom-up approach. The firm utilizes in-house and external research to make its investments. It employs socially responsible investing with a focus on environmental, social, and governance issues. It makes investment in late-stage venture capital transactions and usually invests between $3 million and $5 million. The firm was previously known as T. Rowe Group, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. was founded in 1937 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Owings Mills, Maryland; San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tampa, Florida; Toronto, Ontario; Hellerup, Denmark; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Zurich, Switzerland; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; London, United Kingdom; Sydney, New South Wales; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore; Frankfurt, Shanghai, China; Germany, Madrid, Spain, Milan, Italy, Stockholm, Sweden, Melbourne, Australia, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Washington, DC.