AAS vs. UEM, ATR, POLN, PCGH, PAC, JCH, NESF, DIG, MWY, and JUP
Should you be buying abrdn Asia Focus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn Asia Focus include Utilico Emerging Markets (UEM), Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment (ATR), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust (DIG), Mid Wynd International Inv Tr (MWY), and Jupiter Fund Management (JUP). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Utilico Emerging Markets (LON:UEM) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Utilico Emerging Markets has a net margin of 83.36% compared to abrdn Asia Focus' net margin of 77.68%. Utilico Emerging Markets' return on equity of 10.10% beat abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity.
In the previous week, abrdn Asia Focus' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Utilico Emerging Markets'average media sentiment score.
abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Utilico Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Utilico Emerging Markets has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn Asia Focus. Utilico Emerging Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than abrdn Asia Focus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
61.1% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Utilico Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. abrdn Asia Focus pays out 2,857.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Utilico Emerging Markets pays out 3,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Utilico Emerging Markets received 29 more outperform votes than abrdn Asia Focus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.84% of users gave abrdn Asia Focus an outperform vote while only 65.26% of users gave Utilico Emerging Markets an outperform vote.
Summary
Utilico Emerging Markets beats abrdn Asia Focus on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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