STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

Tetragon Financial (LON:TFG) 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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TFG or STS?

Tetragon Financial has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. Tetragon Financial 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
Tetragon Financial	£22.12B	0.05	£12.66B	£1.56	8.92
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	£20.58M	13.87	£18.28M	£14.99	15.54

Is TFG or STS more profitable?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 88.82% compared to Tetragon Financial's net margin of 57.23%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity of 6.50% beat Tetragon Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tetragon Financial	57.23%	4.68%	3.14%
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	88.82%	6.50%	2.28%

Does the media favor TFG or STS?

In the previous week, Tetragon Financial had 1 more articles in the media than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tetragon Financial and 1 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Tetragon Financial's score of 0.55 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
Tetragon Financial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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 and volatility, TFG or STS?

Tetragon Financial has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TFG or STS?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust received 51 more outperform votes than Tetragon Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave Tetragon Financial an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave STS Global Income & Growth Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tetragon Financial	Outperform Votes 24 77.42%	Underperform Votes 7 22.58%
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	Outperform Votes 75 61.48%	Underperform Votes 47 38.52%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TFG or STS?

3.2% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 17.8% of Tetragon Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 26.9% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TFG or STS a better dividend stock?

Tetragon Financial pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 316.5%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Tetragon Financial pays out 2,822.4% 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 46.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

STS Global Income & Growth Trust beats Tetragon Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.