STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

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

Is JMG or STS a better dividend stock?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 10,000.0% 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 pays out -17,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to JMG or STS?

In the previous week, JPMorgan Emerging Markets had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets and 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. JPMorgan Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's score of 0.41 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Which has more risk & volatility, JMG or STS?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in JMG or STS?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets received 3 more outperform votes than STS Global Income & Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.73% of users gave JPMorgan Emerging Markets an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Outperform Votes 78 75.73%	Underperform Votes 25 24.27%
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 75 61.48%	Underperform Votes 47 38.52%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of JMG or STS?

42.3% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 14.0% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, JMG or STS?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets 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 JPMorgan Emerging Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£45.04M	25.59	£22.66M	£0.02	5,100.00
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	£5.55M	53.38	£3.14M	-£0.04	-5,400.00

Is JMG or STS more profitable?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 56.58% compared to STS Global Income & Growth Trust's net margin of 50.31%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 1.67% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	50.31%	1.67%	1.55%
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	56.58%	1.46%	0.93%

Do analysts rate JMG or STS?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

JPMorgan Emerging Markets beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.