EJFI vs. ASLI, WPC, JETI, BSV, CBP, ABD, CCPG, BMD, RSE, and SCP
Should you be buying EJF Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EJF Investments include abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), Witan Pacific Investment Trust PLC (WPC.L) (WPC), JPMorgan European Investment Trust Income Pool (JETI), British Smaller Companies VCT (BSV), Curtis Banks Group (CBP), abrdn New Dawn (ABD), CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities (CCPG), Baronsmead Second Venture Trust (BMD), Riverstone Energy (RSE), and Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn European Logistics Income (LON:ASLI) and EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
EJF Investments received 33 more outperform votes than abrdn European Logistics Income when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave abrdn European Logistics Income an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave EJF Investments an outperform vote.
abrdn European Logistics Income has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EJF Investments has a beta of -0.04, suggesting that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, abrdn European Logistics Income's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled EJF Investments'average media sentiment score.
abrdn European Logistics Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. abrdn European Logistics Income pays out -2,941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EJF Investments pays out -9,166.7% 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. EJF Investments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EJF Investments has lower revenue, but higher earnings than abrdn European Logistics Income. EJF Investments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn European Logistics Income, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.2% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of abrdn European Logistics Income shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of EJF Investments shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
EJF Investments has a net margin of 81.73% compared to abrdn European Logistics Income's net margin of -196.34%. EJF Investments' return on equity of 13.12% beat abrdn European Logistics Income's return on equity.
Summary
EJF Investments beats abrdn European Logistics Income on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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