EJF Investments (EJFI) Competitors

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is STS or EJFI a better dividend stock?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EJF Investments pays out 70.4% 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.

Is STS or EJFI more profitable?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 88.82% compared to EJF Investments' net margin of 73.72%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 6.50% beat EJF Investments' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	88.82%	6.50%	2.28%
EJF Investments	73.72%	5.40%	-3.05%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STS or EJFI?

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of EJF Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of EJF Investments shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer STS or EJFI?

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 8 more articles in the media than EJF Investments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for EJF Investments. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat EJF Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	Very Positive
EJF Investments	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, STS or EJFI?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, suggesting that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, STS or EJFI?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than EJF Investments. EJF Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STS Global Income & Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	£31.48M	9.17	£18.28M	£0.23	1,050.38
EJF Investments	£12.54M	6.09	£5.37M	£0.15	822.37

Summary

STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats EJF Investments on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.