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STS vs. GROW, AGT, TRY, JPE, and TFIF

Should you buy STS Global Income & Growth Trust stock or one of its competitors? STS Global Income & Growth Trust's main competitors and comparable companies include Molten Ventures (GROW), AVI Global Trust (AGT), TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (JPE), and TwentyFour Income (TFIF). Companies are selected based on similarities in market, industry, and size. These companies are all part of the "asset management & custody banks" industry.

How does STS Global Income & Growth Trust compare to Molten Ventures?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Molten Ventures (LON:GROW) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 142.51% compared to Molten Ventures' net margin of 75.09%. Molten Ventures' return on equity of 9.21% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust142.51% -4.38% 2.28%
Molten Ventures 75.09%9.21%-3.46%

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Molten Ventures. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molten Ventures, 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-£10.37M-24.19£18.28M-£10.03N/A
Molten Ventures£148M7.71-£33.58M£69.009.55

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of Molten Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Molten Ventures shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.54745287, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Molten Ventures has a beta of 1.9564402, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust and STS Global Income & Growth Trust both had 1 articles in the media. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Molten Ventures' score of 0.00 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Molten Ventures
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Molten Ventures has a consensus price target of GBX 638.67, indicating a potential downside of 3.12%. Given Molten Ventures' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Molten Ventures is more favorable than STS Global Income & Growth Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
STS Global Income & Growth Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Molten Ventures
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Molten Ventures beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STS Global Income & Growth Trust compare to AVI Global Trust?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and AVI Global Trust (LON:AGT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than AVI Global Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for AVI Global Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat AVI Global Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust Very Positive
AVI Global Trust Neutral

AVI Global Trust 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 AVI Global 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-£10.37M-24.19£18.28M-£10.03N/A
AVI Global Trust£57.10M18.24£215.81M£11.7422.44

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. AVI Global Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 4.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AVI Global Trust pays out 38.3% 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. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.54745287, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, AVI Global Trust has a beta of 0.951, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the broader market.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 142.51% compared to AVI Global Trust's net margin of 92.40%. AVI Global Trust's return on equity of 4.87% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust142.51% -4.38% 2.28%
AVI Global Trust 92.40%4.87%7.00%

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.3% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of AVI Global Trust shares are owned 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.

Summary

AVI Global Trust beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STS Global Income & Growth Trust compare to TR Property Investment Trust?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and TR Property Investment Trust (LON:TRY) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 142.51% compared to TR Property Investment Trust's net margin of 79.93%. TR Property Investment Trust's return on equity of 6.52% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust142.51% -4.38% 2.28%
TR Property Investment Trust 79.93%6.52%-24.58%

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.54745287, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, TR Property Investment Trust has a beta of 1.4958382, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the broader market.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TR Property Investment Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 16 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TR Property Investment Trust pays out 71.7% 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.

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TR Property Investment Trust shares are held by company 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.

TR Property Investment Trust 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 TR Property Investment 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-£10.37M-24.19£18.28M-£10.03N/A
TR Property Investment Trust£77.76M12.75£284.71M£22.3214.00

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than TR Property Investment Trust. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for TR Property Investment Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat TR Property Investment Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust Very Positive
TR Property Investment Trust Neutral

Summary

TR Property Investment Trust beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STS Global Income & Growth Trust compare to JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth?

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth (LON:JPE) and STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth Neutral
STS Global Income & Growth Trust Very Positive

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has lower revenue, but higher earnings than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth£104.78M0.00N/A£0.75N/A
STS Global Income & Growth Trust-£10.37M-24.19£18.28M-£10.03N/A

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 142.51% compared to JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's net margin of 0.00%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth's return on equity of 0.00% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed GrowthN/A N/A N/A
STS Global Income & Growth Trust 142.51%-4.38%2.28%

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth pays out 22.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -98.8% 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. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

How does STS Global Income & Growth Trust compare to TwentyFour Income?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and TwentyFour Income (LON:TFIF) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 9.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. TwentyFour Income pays an annual dividend of GBX 11.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TwentyFour Income pays out 159.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

TwentyFour Income 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 TwentyFour Income, 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-£10.37M-24.19£18.28M-£10.03N/A
TwentyFour Income£57.89M17.10£868.58M£6.9315.58

In the previous week, TwentyFour Income had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for TwentyFour Income and 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat TwentyFour Income's score of 0.54 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
TwentyFour Income
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.54745287, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, TwentyFour Income has a beta of 0.2308851, suggesting that its share price is 77% less volatile than the broader market.

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.5% of TwentyFour Income shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TwentyFour Income shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 142.51% compared to TwentyFour Income's net margin of 60.39%. TwentyFour Income's return on equity of 6.11% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust142.51% -4.38% 2.28%
TwentyFour Income 60.39%6.11%N/A

Summary

TwentyFour Income beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 9 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 TrustCapital Markets IndustryFinance SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£250.89M£5.63B£14.00B£2.88B
Dividend Yield3.64%7.39%5.89%6.09%
P/E Ratio-22.8338.1429.14368.35
Price / Sales-24.191,188.25503.6983,691.32
Price / Cash52.1148.3030.2227.89
Price / Book1.033.743.727.32
Net Income£18.28M£417.15M£1.31B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.29%0.47%0.00%1.51%
1 Month Performance1.78%0.41%0.95%2.50%
1 Year Performance-7.29%8.01%13.24%73.97%

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 229
-1.7%
N/A-5.3%£250.89M-£10.37MN/A6
GROW
Molten Ventures
1.0064 of 5 stars
GBX 607
-1.4%
GBX 638.67
+5.2%
+75.1%£1.03B£148M8.8020
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 253.50
-0.6%
N/A+0.6%£1.01B£57.10M21.59N/A
TRY
TR Property Investment Trust
N/AGBX 319
+0.5%
N/A-5.1%£1.01B£77.76M14.2926
JPE
JPMorgan Elect plc ­- Managed Growth
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.00B£104.78M1,250.00N/A

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