STM vs. JEMA, JGC, SDV, OFG, BRIG, CBA, GPM, FWT, CLC, and VLE
Should you be buying STM Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STM Group include JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (JEMA), Jupiter Green (JGC), Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV), Octopus Future Generations VCT (OFG), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), CEIBA Investments (CBA), Golden Prospect Precious Metal (GPM), Foresight Technology VCT (FWT), Calculus VCT (CLC), and Volvere (VLE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STM Group (LON:STM) and JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec (LON:JEMA) 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 institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
STM Group received 201 more outperform votes than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec when rated by MarketBeat users.
STM Group has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
STM Group has a net margin of 2.46% compared to JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's net margin of 0.00%. STM Group's return on equity of 1.65% beat JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's return on equity.
27.6% of STM Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are held by institutional investors. 47.6% of STM Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, STM Group had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STM Group and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec. STM Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec's score of 0.00 indicating that STM Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
STM Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 58.3%. STM Group pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec pays out -600,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
STM Group has higher revenue and earnings than JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec. JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STM Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
STM Group beats JPMorgan Emerg E, ME & Africa Sec on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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