STS vs. EDIN, HRI, TRY, BPCR, GSS, JFJ, AGT, IHP, ASHM, and JPE
Should you be buying STS Global Income & Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of STS Global Income & Growth Trust include Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Herald (HRI), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), AVI Global Trust (AGT), IntegraFin (IHP), Ashmore Group (ASHM), and JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Growth (JPE). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) and STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust 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.
Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 46.7% 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. Edinburgh Investment is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. Edinburgh Investment 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.
Edinburgh Investment has a net margin of 95.34% compared to STS Global Income & Growth Trust's net margin of 88.82%. Edinburgh Investment's return on equity of 16.15% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.
Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 2 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 2 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Edinburgh Investment's score of 0.35 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Edinburgh Investment beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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