AUSC vs. AIE, FAS, HFEL, ANII, PINT, OAP3, TAM, NAIT, HEFT, and MTW
Should you be buying abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth include Ashoka India Equity Investment (AIE), Fidelity Asian Values (FAS), Henderson Far East Income (HFEL), abrdn New India Investment Trust (ANII), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Octopus Apollo VCT (OAP3), Tatton Asset Management (TAM), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT), and Mattioli Woods (MTW). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashoka India Equity Investment (LON:AIE) and abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth (LON:AUSC) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
Ashoka India Equity Investment received 486 more outperform votes than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth when rated by MarketBeat users.
Ashoka India Equity Investment has a net margin of 78.75% compared to Ashoka India Equity Investment's net margin of 0.00%. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth's return on equity of 21.22% beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ashoka India Equity Investment had 3 more articles in the media than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ashoka India Equity Investment and 0 mentions for abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Ashoka India Equity Investment's score of 0.00 indicating that Ashoka India Equity Investment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
38.5% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth shares are held by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ashoka India Equity Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ashoka India Equity Investment has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashoka India Equity Investment has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth. abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ashoka India Equity Investment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ashoka India Equity Investment beats abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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