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STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

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GBX 234 +4.00 (+1.74%)
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STS vs. HRI, LWDB, VEIL, ASHM, EDIN, AGT, GSS, CGT, FCSS, and FSV

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), Law Debenture (LWDB), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Ashmore Group (ASHM), Edinburgh Investment (EDIN), AVI Global Trust (AGT), Genesis Emerging Markets Fund (GSS), Capital Gearing (CGT), Fidelity China Special (FCSS), and Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values (FSV). 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herald has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Herald's score of -1.62 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust Positive
Herald Very Negative

Herald has a net margin of 93.12% compared to STS Global Income & Growth Trust's net margin of 77.38%. Herald's return on equity of 14.74% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust77.38% 3.89% 2.28%
Herald 93.12%14.74%9.22%

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
STS Global Income & Growth TrustOutperform Votes
75
61.48%
Underperform Votes
47
38.52%
HeraldOutperform Votes
103
67.76%
Underperform Votes
49
32.24%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
STS Global Income & Growth Trust£13.41M22.25£10.38M£0.112,127.27
Herald£204.98M5.75£190.88M£3.39656.34

Summary

Herald beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 10 of the 14 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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STS vs. The Competition

MetricSTS Global Income & Growth TrustAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£298.35M£812.40M£3.28B£1.39B
Dividend Yield2.86%13.35%4.58%11.76%
P/E Ratio2,127.27772.29441.151,549.26
Price / Sales22.2513,881.373,238.98209,640.25
Price / Cash52.1180.2548.1732.98
Price / Book1.041.701.482.81
Net Income£10.38M£57.81M£396.91M£152.92M
7 Day Performance-0.43%0.04%0.29%-0.47%
1 Month Performance0.43%-0.49%7.28%7.20%
1 Year Performance9.86%10.00%15.63%93.28%

STS Global Income & Growth Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
STS
STS Global Income & Growth Trust
N/AGBX 234
+1.7%
N/A+7.4%£298.35M£13.41M2,127.276Positive News
HRI
Herald
N/AGBX 2,225
+1.1%
N/A+22.8%£1.18B£204.98M646.026,600Negative News
LWDB
Law Debenture
N/AGBX 883
+1.3%
N/A+9.7%£1.16B£201.31M810.37260
VEIL
Vietnam Enterprise
N/AGBX 564
+2.0%
N/A-1.6%£1.15B£-195,880,000.00-610.87N/AHigh Trading Volume
ASHM
Ashmore Group
0.2626 of 5 stars
GBX 168
+1.2%
GBX 174
+3.6%
-6.9%£1.11B£186.80M1,187.14283High Trading Volume
EDIN
Edinburgh Investment
N/AGBX 736
+1.0%
N/A+10.5%£1.10B£141.19M884.34N/A
AGT
AVI Global Trust
N/AGBX 236
+1.3%
N/A+13.4%£1.07B£137.36M832.14N/AInsider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
GSS
Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
N/AGBX 869
-1.0%
N/A+0.0%£1.06B£250.40M6.181,626Gap Down
CGT
Capital Gearing
N/AGBX 4,760
+0.3%
N/A+4.1%£1.02B£-9,860,000.00-7,541.78N/AInsider Trade
Positive News
FCSS
Fidelity China Special
N/AGBX 211.50
+0.5%
N/A-3.4%£1.01BN/A4,224.38N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
FSV
Fidelity Investment Trust - Fidelity Special Values
N/AGBX 310
+0.6%
N/A+10.6%£1.00B£11.88M-30,900.0025,000News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:STS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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