STS vs. SJG, GSF, BOOK, GABI, BRFI, GSEO, BRK, HHI, SST, and BIPS
Should you be buying STS Global Income & Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STS Global Income & Growth Trust include Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Literacy Capital (BOOK), GCP Asset Backed Income Fund (GABI), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Scottish Oriental Smaller Cos (SST), and Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Schroder Japan Trust (LON:SJG) and STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Schroder Japan Trust had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Schroder Japan Trust and 0 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Schroder Japan Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that Schroder Japan Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Schroder Japan Trust has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% 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.
Schroder Japan Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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 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 pays out -17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
76.3% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.0% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.1% of Schroder Japan Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by company 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.
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.
Summary
Schroder Japan Trust beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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