STS vs. ASHM, HRI, EDIN, IHP, AGT, JFJ, BPCR, BRWM, GSS, and TRY
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 Ashmore Group (ASHM), Herald (HRI), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), IntegraFin (IHP), AVI Global Trust (AGT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), and TR Property Investment Trust (TRY). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust vs. Its Competitors
STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) 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 dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.9% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of Ashmore Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashmore Group pays out 120.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 88.82% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 10.71% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group has a consensus price target of GBX 155, indicating a potential downside of 13.07%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than STS Global Income & Growth Trust.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. Ashmore Group 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.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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