SJG vs. STS, GSF, BOOK, GABI, GSEO, BRFI, HHI, BRK, DIVI, and SST
Should you be buying Schroder Japan Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schroder Japan Trust include STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Literacy Capital (BOOK), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Diverse Income Trust (DIVI), and Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Schroder Japan Trust has a net margin of 102.74% compared to Schroder Japan Trust's net margin of 56.58%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 15.34% beat Schroder Japan Trust's return on equity.
Schroder Japan Trust received 13 more outperform votes than STS Global Income & Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Schroder Japan Trust an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.
14.0% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.1% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schroder Japan Trust has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schroder Japan Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schroder Japan Trust pays out 1,282.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Schroder Japan Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's score of 1.66 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Schroder Japan Trust beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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