EJFI vs. GSF, BGHS, EAT, SJG, STS, HHI, MTE, CGL, ASLI, and JAGI
Should you be buying EJF Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EJF Investments include Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), Boussard & Gavaudan GBP (BGHS), European Assets Trust (EAT), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), Henderson High Income Trust (HHI), Montanaro European Smaller (MTE), Castelnau Group (CGL), abrdn European Logistics Income (ASLI), and JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income (JAGI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EJF Investments vs.
EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) and Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (LON:GSF) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a consensus price target of GBX 85, indicating a potential upside of 45.30%. Given Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is more favorable than EJF Investments.
EJF Investments received 53 more outperform votes than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.13% of users gave EJF Investments an outperform vote while only 13.64% of users gave Gore Street Energy Storage Fund an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat EJF Investments' score of 0.00 indicating that Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EJF Investments has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Gore Street Energy Storage Fund. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EJF Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.7%. EJF Investments pays out 125.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund pays out -691.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gore Street Energy Storage Fund is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EJF Investments has a net margin of 73.72% compared to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's net margin of -80.72%. EJF Investments' return on equity of 5.40% beat Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's return on equity.
30.7% of EJF Investments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by institutional investors. 30.0% of EJF Investments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund beats EJF Investments on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EJFI) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
