EJFI vs. MIG, MIG1, MIG5, AEET, CMPI, AAVC, SBO, MIG3, BEMO, 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), Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust (AEET), CT Global Managed Portfolio Income (CMPI), Albion VCT (AAVC), Schroder British Opportunities (SBO), Maven Income and Growth VCT 3 (MIG3), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), and Crystal Amber Fund (CRS). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT (LON:MIG) and EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
EJF Investments has a net margin of 81.73% compared to EJF Investments' net margin of 76.73%. EJF Investments' return on equity of 13.35% beat Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT's return on equity.
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.
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT has a beta of 0.2, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EJF Investments has a beta of -0.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, EJF Investments' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT'saverage media sentiment score.
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 an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT pays out -11,818.2% 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. Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
28.6% of EJF Investments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of EJF Investments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Mobeus Income & Growth 2 VCT beats EJF Investments on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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