STS vs. PEMB, SCP, BPM, SCF, BVT, ARR, AJOT, FTV, MTU, and DGI9
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 Pembroke VCT B (PEMB), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), B.P. Marsh & Partners (BPM), Schroder Income Growth (SCF), Baronsmead Venture Trust (BVT), Aurora (ARR), AVI Japan Opportunity (AJOT), Foresight VCT (FTV), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), and Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Pembroke VCT B (LON:PEMB) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pembroke VCT B pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out -15,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembroke VCT B pays out -10,000.0% 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 has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembroke VCT B has a beta of -0.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% less volatile than the S&P 500.
19.2% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pembroke VCT B shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Pembroke VCT B'saverage media sentiment score.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 56.58% compared to Pembroke VCT B's net margin of 0.00%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 1.46% beat Pembroke VCT B's return on equity.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Pembroke VCT B. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pembroke VCT B, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust received 67 more outperform votes than Pembroke VCT B when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Pembroke VCT B an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats Pembroke VCT B on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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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