EJFI vs. STS, BBH, HAN, ARR, RECI, JAGI, BRK, BGUK, BGLF, and BPM
Should you be buying EJF Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EJF Investments include STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), Hansa Investment (HAN), Aurora Investment Trust (ARR), Real Estate Credit Investments (RECI), JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI), Brooks Macdonald Group (BRK), Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust (BGUK), Blackstone Loan Financing (BGLF), and B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EJF Investments vs. Its 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 profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
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.
17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of EJF Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its share price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than EJF Investments. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for EJF Investments. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat EJF Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EJF Investments pays out 125.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats EJF Investments on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:EJFI) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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