abrdn Asia Focus (AAS) Competitors

abrdn Asia Focus (LON:AAS) and Personal Assets (LON:PNL) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Does the media refer more to AAS or PNL?

In the previous week, Personal Assets had 1 more articles in the media than abrdn Asia Focus. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Personal Assets and 0 mentions for abrdn Asia Focus. Personal Assets' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat abrdn Asia Focus' score of 1.01 indicating that Personal Assets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
abrdn Asia Focus	Positive
Personal Assets	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AAS or PNL?

abrdn Asia Focus has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Personal Assets has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AAS or PNL?

Personal Assets received 13 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 61.02% of users gave Personal Assets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
abrdn Asia Focus	Outperform Votes 95 68.84%	Underperform Votes 43 31.16%
Personal Assets	Outperform Votes 108 61.02%	Underperform Votes 69 38.98%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AAS or PNL?

abrdn Asia Focus has higher revenue and earnings than Personal Assets. abrdn Asia Focus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Personal Assets, 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
abrdn Asia Focus	£45.30M	9.31	£35.19M	£0.21	1,300.00
Personal Assets	-£3.02M	-555.52	£20.74M	£0.05	9,700.00

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in AAS or PNL?

61.1% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.2% of Personal Assets shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of abrdn Asia Focus shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Personal Assets shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer AAS or PNL?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
abrdn Asia Focus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Personal Assets	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is AAS or PNL more profitable?

abrdn Asia Focus has a net margin of 77.68% compared to Personal Assets' net margin of 0.00%. abrdn Asia Focus' return on equity of 7.41% beat Personal Assets' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
abrdn Asia Focus	77.68%	7.41%	4.68%
Personal Assets	N/A	1.17%	-0.50%

Is AAS or PNL a better dividend stock?

abrdn Asia Focus pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Personal Assets pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Personal Assets pays out 12,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

abrdn Asia Focus beats Personal Assets on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.