STS Global Income & Growth Trust (STS) Competitors

STS Global Income & Growth Trust (LON:STS) and Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) 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 earnings, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is STS or ASHM a better dividend stock?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. STS Global Income & Growth Trust pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ashmore Group pays out 161.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is STS or ASHM more profitable?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a net margin of 88.82% compared to Ashmore Group's net margin of 47.42%. Ashmore Group's return on equity of 10.71% beat STS Global Income & Growth Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	88.82%	6.50%	2.28%
Ashmore Group	47.42%	10.71%	4.52%

Do analysts rate STS or ASHM?

Ashmore Group has a consensus target price of GBX 155, suggesting a potential downside of 13.12%. Given Ashmore Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than STS Global Income & Growth Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ashmore Group	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

7.4% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of STS Global Income & Growth Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 38.6% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to STS or ASHM?

In the previous week, STS Global Income & Growth Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for STS Global Income & Growth Trust and 1 mentions for Ashmore Group. STS Global Income & Growth Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.15 indicating that STS Global Income & Growth Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ashmore Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, STS or ASHM?

Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than STS Global Income & Growth Trust. STS Global Income & Growth Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashmore Group, 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
STS Global Income & Growth Trust	£31.48M	9.29	£18.28M	£0.23	1,054.65
Ashmore Group	£174.10M	6.72	£94.67M	£0.10	1,708.81

Which has more risk and volatility, STS or ASHM?

STS Global Income & Growth Trust has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ashmore Group beats STS Global Income & Growth Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.