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STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

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GBX 241.06 -1.94 (-0.80%)
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STS vs. EDIN, JMG, FSV, TFG, HRI, GSS, IHP, TRY, BPCR, and AGT

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), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Tetragon Financial (TFG), Herald (HRI), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), IntegraFin (IHP), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), and AVI Global Trust (AGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust vs.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

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 an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edinburgh Investment pays out 22.4% 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.

17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Edinburgh Investment shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 4 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 5 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 0.52 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Edinburgh Investment
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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, Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust88.82% 6.50% 2.28%
Edinburgh Investment 95.34%16.15%6.69%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STS Global Income & Growth Trust£20.58M14.35£18.28M£14.9916.08
Edinburgh Investment£189.32M6.11£180.50M£124.996.40

Edinburgh Investment received 11 more outperform votes than STS Global Income & Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.66% of users gave Edinburgh Investment an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STS Global Income & Growth TrustOutperform Votes
75
61.48%
Underperform Votes
47
38.52%
Edinburgh InvestmentOutperform Votes
86
64.66%
Underperform Votes
47
35.34%

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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STS vs. The Competition

MetricSTS Global Income & Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£295.25M£1.20B£5.31B£2.64B
Dividend Yield2.68%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio16.0821.9512.86134.69
Price / Sales14.352,370.161,731.30224,245.30
Price / Cash52.1160.4649.6228.03
Price / Book1.081.151.353.80
Net Income£18.28M£263.32M£1.22B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-0.39%-0.10%0.05%0.43%
1 Month Performance3.47%17.11%10.45%21.47%
1 Year Performance9.57%2.57%13.64%129.56%

STS Global Income & Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STS
STS Global Income & Growth Trust
N/AGBX 241.06
-0.8%
N/A+10.0%£295.25M£20.58M16.086News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 805
+0.4%
N/A+9.0%£1.16B£189.32M6.44N/ATrending News
Earnings Report
JMG
JPMorgan Emerging Markets
N/AGBX 109.80
-0.2%
N/A+3.6%£1.16B£97.45M14.55N/A
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 353.50
-0.1%
N/A+13.5%£1.15B£237.18M5.1425,000Positive News
TFG
Tetragon Financial
N/AGBX 13.95
-0.4%
N/AN/A£1.13B£22.12B8.95N/ANews Coverage
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,180
-0.2%
N/A-2.5%£1.10B£162.63M6.296,600
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
IHP
IntegraFin
3.3515 of 5 stars
GBX 315.99
-3.5%
GBX 406.67
+28.7%
-8.8%£1.05B£138.65M20.043,520News Coverage
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 324.75
+0.1%
N/A-3.2%£1.03B£311.14M3.6326
BPCR
BioPharma Credit
N/AGBX 0.86
-2.7%
N/A+2.7%£1.03B£12.99B9.82N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 234
-0.8%
N/A-3.7%£1.02B£219.59M4.70N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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