EJFI vs. MIG, MIG1, MIG5, AAVC, SBO, CMPI, MIG3, BSRT, AEET, and CRS
Should you be buying EJF Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EJF Investments include Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (MIG), Maven Income & Growth VCT (MIG1), Maven Income & Growth VCT 5 (MIG5), Albion Venture Capital Trust (AAVC), Schroder British Opportunities Trust (SBO), CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI), Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3), Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET), and Crystal Amber Fund (CRS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) and Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (LON:MIG) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
In the previous week, EJF Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
28.6% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of EJF Investments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT 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.
EJF Investments has a net margin of 81.73% compared to Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT's net margin of 76.73%. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT's return on equity of 13.35% beat EJF Investments' return on equity.
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT received 2 more outperform votes than EJF Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.76% of users gave Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave EJF Investments an outperform vote.
EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.0%. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT pays an annual dividend of GBX 13 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.0%. EJF Investments pays out -9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT pays out -11,818.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EJF Investments has higher revenue and earnings than Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT. EJF Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EJF Investments has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its share price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its share price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT beats EJF Investments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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