EJFI vs. BRFI, BGEU, SJG, LIO, CGL, STS, JUSC, MNL, EAT, and DIVI
Should you be buying EJF Investments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EJF Investments include BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust (BGEU), Schroder Japan Trust (SJG), Liontrust Asset Management (LIO), Castelnau Group (CGL), STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS), JPMorgan US Smaller Companies (JUSC), Manchester & London (MNL), European Assets Trust (EAT), and Diverse Income Trust (DIVI). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
EJF Investments vs.
BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) and EJF Investments (LON:EJFI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
BlackRock Frontiers received 9 more outperform votes than EJF Investments when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.00% of users gave BlackRock Frontiers an outperform vote while only 54.13% of users gave EJF Investments an outperform vote.
In the previous week, EJF Investments had 4 more articles in the media than BlackRock Frontiers. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for EJF Investments and 0 mentions for BlackRock Frontiers. EJF Investments' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat BlackRock Frontiers' score of 0.00 indicating that EJF Investments is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackRock Frontiers pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. EJF Investments pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. BlackRock Frontiers pays out 2,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EJF Investments pays out 8,461.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
BlackRock Frontiers has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EJF Investments has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.
51.1% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of EJF Investments shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of BlackRock Frontiers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.0% of EJF Investments 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.
BlackRock Frontiers has a net margin of 75.64% compared to EJF Investments' net margin of 69.72%. BlackRock Frontiers' return on equity of 20.22% beat EJF Investments' return on equity.
BlackRock Frontiers has higher revenue and earnings than EJF Investments. BlackRock Frontiers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EJF Investments, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackRock Frontiers beats EJF Investments on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EJFI) was last updated on 12/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
