SDV vs. STM, JGC, HDIV, VLE, GPM, OFG, CBA, FWT, BRIG, and DNE
Should you be buying Chelverton UK Dividend Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust include STM Group (STM), Jupiter Green (JGC), Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV), Volvere (VLE), Golden Prospect Precious Metal (GPM), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), CEIBA Investments (CBA), Foresight Technology VCT (FWT), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), and Dunedin Enterprise (DNE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STM Group (LON:STM) and Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (LON:SDV) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
STM Group has higher revenue and earnings than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STM Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. STM Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust pays out 5,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, STM Group had 2 more articles in the media than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STM Group and 0 mentions for Chelverton UK Dividend Trust. STM Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's score of -0.37 indicating that Chelverton UK Dividend Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
27.6% of STM Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of STM Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of Chelverton UK Dividend Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
STM Group received 139 more outperform votes than Chelverton UK Dividend Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave STM Group an outperform vote while only 54.39% of users gave Chelverton UK Dividend Trust an outperform vote.
STM Group has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chelverton UK Dividend Trust has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STM Group has a net margin of 2.46% compared to STM Group's net margin of 0.00%. Chelverton UK Dividend Trust's return on equity of 1.65% beat STM Group's return on equity.
Summary
STM Group beats Chelverton UK Dividend Trust on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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