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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, JMG or STS?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 1.9%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. JPMorgan Emerging Markets pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 46.7% 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.

Does the media refer more to JMG or STS?

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 2 more articles in the media than JPMorgan Emerging Markets. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 0 mentions for JPMorgan Emerging Markets. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' score of 0.00 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	Neutral
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in JMG or STS?

48.5% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of JPMorgan Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has better earnings and valuation, JMG or STS?

JPMorgan Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. JPMorgan Emerging Markets 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	£97.45M	11.72	£80.10M	£7.55	14.28
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	£20.58M	14.28	£18.28M	£14.99	16.00

Is JMG or STS more profitable?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 88.82% compared to JPMorgan Emerging Markets' net margin of 82.19%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 6.50% beat JPMorgan Emerging Markets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JPMorgan Emerging Markets	82.19%	6.30%	1.55%
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	88.82%	6.50%	2.28%

Summary

STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats JPMorgan Emerging Markets on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.