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STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

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GBX 246 -2.50 (-1.01%)
As of 09/12/2025 12:31 PM Eastern

STS vs. EDIN, BRWM, JFJ, IHP, AGT, ASHM, GSS, JPE, TRY, and TMPL

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), BlackRock World Mining Trust (BRWM), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), IntegraFin (IHP), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), and Temple Bar (TMPL). 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 Edinburgh Investment (LON:EDIN) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Edinburgh Investment has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Edinburgh Investment, 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£31.48M9.17£18.28M£0.231,050.38
Edinburgh Investment£86.82M13.13£180.50M£0.581,391.20

In the previous week, Edinburgh Investment had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Edinburgh Investment and 8 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.94 beat Edinburgh Investment's score of 0.90 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
6 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Edinburgh Investment pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Edinburgh Investment pays out 47.8% 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.

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.7% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Edinburgh Investment shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Edinburgh Investment has a beta of 0.81, indicating 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%

Summary

Edinburgh Investment beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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STS vs. The Competition

MetricSTS Global Income & Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£292.15M£1.45B£5.92B£2.51B
Dividend Yield3.37%4.58%4.31%5.30%
P/E Ratio1,050.384,757.921,777.845,410.94
Price / Sales9.171,965.451,341.7496,613.70
Price / Cash52.1160.62127.4727.93
Price / Book1.111.362.067.77
Net Income£18.28M£265.04M£1.23B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.20%13.32%7.11%6.51%
1 Month Performance-0.81%13.58%7.62%55.22%
1 Year Performance6.96%8.42%31.58%154.12%

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 246
-1.0%
N/A+7.0%£292.15M£31.48M1,050.386News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 805
+0.6%
N/A+6.6%£1.14B£86.82M1,394.66N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
BRWM
BlackRock World Mining Trust
N/AGBX 602.50
-0.1%
N/A+28.0%£1.13B-£115.12M-960.16147,000Positive News
JFJ
JPMorgan Japanese
N/AGBX 688
+1.2%
N/A+28.2%£1.11B£53.11M2,011.11N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
IHP
IntegraFin
N/AGBX 335.58
+0.0%
GBX 423.75
+26.3%
-9.8%£1.11B£151.70M2,298.473,520Dividend Increase
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 263
flat
N/A+14.6%£1.09B£11.21M27,395.83N/A
ASHM
Ashmore Group
1.0385 of 5 stars
GBX 165.80
+1.7%
GBX 155
-6.5%
-10.8%£1.09B£144.40M1,588.12283Gap Down
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 314.50
-0.3%
N/A-11.5%£998.07M-£19.36M-3,635.8426News Coverage
Positive News
TMPL
Temple Bar
N/AGBX 349
+0.9%
N/A+33.0%£993.27M£168.39M606.96N/ANews Coverage

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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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