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How Jupiter Fund Management Plc (LON:JUP) Can Add Value To Your Portfolio

Jupiter Fund Management Plc (LSE:JUP) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of JUP, it is a financially-healthy , dividend-paying company with a a great history of performance. Below, I’ve touched on some key aspects you should know on a high level. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, read the full report on Jupiter Fund Management here.

Flawless balance sheet with proven track record and pays a dividend

Over the past few years, JUP has demonstrated a proven ability to generate robust returns of 24.18% Not surprisingly, JUP outperformed its industry which returned 14.01%, giving us more conviction of the company’s capacity to drive bottom-line growth going forward. JUP’s strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This indicates that JUP has sufficient cash flows and proper cash management in place, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. Looking at JUP’s capital structure, the company has no debt on its balance sheet. This means it is running its business only on equity capital funding, which is rather impressive for a UK£2.09B market cap company. JUP has plenty of financial flexibility, without debt obligations to meet in the short term, as well as the headroom to raise debt should it need to in the future.

LSE:JUP Income Statement Jun 20th 18
LSE:JUP Income Statement Jun 20th 18

JUP’s high dividend payments make it one of the best dividend stocks on the market, and its profitability ensures that dividends are well-covered by its net income.

LSE:JUP Historical Dividend Yield Jun 20th 18
LSE:JUP Historical Dividend Yield Jun 20th 18

Next Steps:

For Jupiter Fund Management, I’ve put together three essential aspects you should further examine:

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  1. Future Outlook: What are well-informed industry analysts predicting for JUP’s future growth? Take a look at our free research report of analyst consensus for JUP’s outlook.

  2. Valuation: What is JUP worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether JUP is currently mispriced by the market.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of JUP? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.