STS vs. HRI, JMG, LWDB, ASL, IHP, VEIL, EDIN, FCSS, AGT, and ASHM
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 Herald (HRI), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Law Debenture (LWDB), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), IntegraFin (IHP), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), AVI Global Trust (AGT), and Ashmore Group (ASHM). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust vs.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Herald (LON:HRI) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Herald received 28 more outperform votes than STS Global Income & Growth Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.76% of users gave Herald an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.
STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.8% of Herald shares are held by institutional investors. 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Herald shares are held by company 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.
Herald has a net margin of 107.72% compared to STS Global Income & Growth Trust's net margin of 88.82%. Herald's return on equity of 14.78% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.
Herald has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. Herald is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than STS Global Income & Growth Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Herald had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Herald and 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Herald's score of 0.97 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Herald beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 11 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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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
