BNKR vs. ASHM, AJB, JTC, BHMG, ASL, ATT, VEIL, QLT, JMG, and PIN
Should you be buying Bankers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bankers include Ashmore Group (ASHM), AJ Bell (AJB), JTC (JTC), BH Macro GBP (BHMG), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Vietnam Enterprise (VEIL), Quilter (QLT), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), and Pantheon International (PIN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Ashmore Group (LON:ASHM) and Bankers (LON:BNKR) are both small-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Ashmore Group has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bankers has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ashmore Group received 561 more outperform votes than Bankers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.43% of users gave Bankers an outperform vote while only 49.50% of users gave Ashmore Group an outperform vote.
Bankers has a net margin of 81.59% compared to Bankers' net margin of 54.80%. Bankers' return on equity of 11.37% beat Ashmore Group's return on equity.
Ashmore Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Bankers pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Ashmore Group pays out 11,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Bankers pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
47.0% of Ashmore Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.3% of Bankers shares are held by institutional investors. 38.4% of Ashmore Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Bankers shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Bankers had 1 more articles in the media than Ashmore Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bankers and 0 mentions for Ashmore Group. Bankers' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ashmore Group's score of 0.10 indicating that Ashmore Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ashmore Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 183.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.63%. Given Bankers' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Ashmore Group is more favorable than Bankers.
Ashmore Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bankers. Ashmore Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bankers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ashmore Group beats Bankers on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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