UEM vs. AAS, ATR, POLN, PCGH, NESF, PAC, JCH, DIG, MWY, and JUP
Should you be buying Utilico Emerging Markets stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Utilico Emerging Markets include abrdn Asia Focus (AAS), Schroders Investment Trusts - Schroder Asian Total Return Investment (ATR), Pollen Street Group (POLN), Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Pacific Assets (PAC), JPMorgan Claverhouse (JCH), 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.
Utilico Emerging Markets (LON:UEM) and abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
In the previous week, Utilico Emerging Markets' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled abrdn Asia Focus'average media sentiment score.
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.
54.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Utilico Emerging Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Utilico Emerging Markets pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. 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 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.
Utilico Emerging Markets has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Utilico Emerging Markets beats abrdn Asia Focus on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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