Reviewing UBS (OTCMKTS:OUBSF) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and UBS (OTCMKTS:OUBSF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	$169.66 billion	4.57	$58.47 billion	$19.74	13.95
UBS	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than UBS.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

71.6% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of JPMorgan Chase & Co. 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.

Profitability

This table compares JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	20.96%	16.99%	1.31%
UBS	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	2	7	10	0	2.42
UBS	0	0	0	0	0.00

JPMorgan Chase & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $251.78, suggesting a potential downside of 8.58%. Given UBS’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UBS is more favorable than JPMorgan Chase & Co..

Summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. beats UBS on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a financial holding company, which engages in the provision of financial and investment banking services. The firm offers a range of investment banking products and services in all capital markets, including advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market making in cash securities and derivative instruments, and brokerage and research. It operates through the following business segments: Consumer and Community Banking (CCB), Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB), Asset and Wealth Management (AWM), and Corporate. The CCB segment serves consumers and businesses through personal service at bank branches and through automated teller machines, online, mobile, and telephone banking. The CIB segment offers a suite of investment banking, market-making, prime brokerage, lending, and treasury and securities products and services to a global client base of corporations, investors, financial institutions, merchants, governments, and municipal entities. The CB segment provides comprehensive financial solutions, including lending, wholesale payments, investment banking and asset management products for middle market banking, corporate client banking, and commercial real estate banking. The AWM segment provides investment and wealth management services. The Corporate segment consists of treasury, chief investment office, and other corporate. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, NY.